Cottage Grove, OR — March 24, 2023, Karen Sweesy was killed and one was injured due to an accident involving a semi-trailer along Interstate 5.
Details released by the Oregon State Police say that the incident occurred around 6:00 a.m. several miles south of Cottage Grove along southbound lanes of I-5.
According to officials, 46-year-old Karen Sweesy was in a southbound Nissan Murano. Ahead, it appears a tractor-trailer had lost control and crashed into the median barricade. Some time following this, Sweesy’s Nissan then hit the tractor-trailer.
Karen Sweesy sustained fatal injuries as a result of the collision. One person in Sweesy’s vehicle had serious injuries. No further information about the crash is available at this time.