MEDFORD, Ore. — MEDFORD, Ore. — One person is dead and several others injured near the Rogue Valley Mall on Crater Lake Highway.

Police received a call about a car crash a little after 4 a.m. Monday morning. Officers say a pickup truck driving westbound on Highway 62 was going through the intersection.

A van with 7 passengers was driving northbound on Riverside Avenue. The pickup truck failed to stop at a red light and both vehicles collided at the intersection. The van flipped over and took out the light fixture.

There were three people who were ejected from the vehicle, two are in surgery at Providence Hospital, and one is deceased. Officers are still looking for the driver of the pickup truck who is a woman. Police are still looking for the female that fled the scene. She has been identified Leta Schroeder, 34 year old female (see photograph). Police believe she may have been injured during the accident, but it is not known how serious.

By Sharon Ko

MEDFORD, Ore. –  Less than 24 hours after a fatal crash, Medford Police find a Central Point woman who they believe is responsible for a hit and run Monday morning.

NewsWatch 12 had an exclusive interview with a neighbor who witnessed deputies take Schroeder into custody. Michael Doak says before officers arrived, he heard some commotion outside in the yard. He saw his neighbors holding Leta Schroeder down on the ground. He says one was her husband and another person was her sister-in-law.

“And she tried to escape. And the lady that resides back there had the sheriff on the phone evidently. And they were trying to hold her,” says neighbor Michael Doak.

Doak says officers arrived on scene and were able to detain her. First responders also arrived and took her to Providence Medford Medical Center for treatment.

Schroeder disappeared around 4 a.m. Monday. Police say she ran a red light driving northbound on Riverside Avenue. They say she struck a van carrying 7 men traveling westbound on Crater Lake Highway. Multiple people were injured in the crash and one passenger died.

Schroeder could be facing a felony charge for fleeing the scene of the accident. She remains at the hospital under the watch of Medford Police.

MEDFORD, Ore. — Medford Police say a driver was possibly under the influence of a controlled substance when he crashed his car into a pole and caused a temporary power outage on Monday.

On Monday afternoon, police responded to the 1300 block of Siskiyou Blvd where they found a black 2005 Mercedes sedan had somehow lost control and struck a power pole. The pole was nearly broken off and had fallen over while being supported by the power line.

The crash caused a power outage for several blocks surrounding the accident scene. Pacific Power reported on their website that about 300 customers were affect by the outage.

Police blocked off Siskiyou Boulevard for approximately three hours until PPL Electric could repair the power line. Additionally, Medford Police say the power line had fallen onto the roof of a nearby house but did not cause a fire.

Police say the driver, 21-year-old Gray Allen Smith, failed sobriety tests and was arrested for DUI-Controlled substance. He has been charged with driving under the influence of a controlled substance, reckless endangering another and criminal mischief in the second degree.

MEDFORD, Ore. — A man has died after emergency responders say his car flipped over and crashed into a power pole.

The call came in around 5:42 p.m. Thursday evening, when the sheriff’s office said someone called in to report a a green Subaru was driving recklessly on Upper Applegate Road and nearly struck another car.

The crash occurred about a mile down Little Applegate Road. The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office said the driver was identified as 74-year-old Gary Mumblo, of Jacksonville. Mumblo was driving a green 1996 Subaru Legacy.

The telephone pole Mumblo struck broke off completely, leaving a portion of the pole hanging by power lines above the shoulder of the road. The sheriff’s office said Mumblo was extricated from the remaining portion of the vehicle.

During extrication, Mumblo reportedly fought with rescue crews while responders worked to stabilized him for transport to Providence Medford Medical Center. He was transported via Mercy Flights helicopter. During the transport, Mumblo died from his injuries.

The sheriff’s office believes alcohol played a role in the crash. The investigation is ongoing.

MEDFORD, Ore. — Emergency crews responded to a crash on Crater Lake Highway near Coker Butte in Medford just before 3 p.m. on Saturday.

Medford Police say five cars were involved. Two gas tanks ruptured onto the roadway because of the crash. Police say two victims were taken to a local hospital, but could not specify the extent of the injuries.

Officials say the roadways were delayed to one lane for over an hour. Police say the crash is still under investigation because there were contradictory statements given as to why it occurred.

MEDFORD, Ore. — Police are investigating a serious crash that left two people hospitalized.

Medford Police officers and other medical personnel responded to a traffic accident on Riverside and Stewart Avenue at about 7:37 p.m. on Monday. Upon arrival, Medford Police say first responders found the drivers of two vehicles with serious injuries.

Both of the drivers, a 29-year-old man and a 73-year-old man, were transported to hospitals to Rogue Regional Medical Center. The 29-year-old was later flown to Oregon Health and Science University in Portland and currently is in critical condition. The 73-year-old man remains at RRMC in serious condition.

Medford Police say the 29-year-old was driving a silver 2003 Honda Civic northbound on Riverside Avenue when, for unknown reasons, crossed into the southbound lanes of Riverside Avenue, while going through the intersection of Riverside and Stewart Avenue. A 2011 Subaru Legacy was southbound on Riverside Avenue in the middle lane. As the Honda Civic approached the Subaru head on, the driver of the Subaru was able to swerve and avoid a serious collision.

Medford Police say the Honda Civic glanced off of the Subaru and struck a 2011 Toyota Scion head on, which was travelling southbound on Riverside Avenue. The Scion was driven by the 73-year-old man. A Medford Police Detective and other police officers from the Serious Traffic Accident Reconstruction (S.T.A.R.) Team responded to investigate the crash. Evidence points to the 29-year-old being under the influence of a controlled substance, but the case remains under investigation.

MEDFORD, Ore. — Medford Police say a driver may have suffered a medical problem that caused a four car pile-up and sent three people to the hospital on Monday afternoon.

That accident happened on the corner of Jackson Street and Crater Lake Avenue. Police say one of the drivers slammed into the third car in a line, causing a domino effect.

Three of the passengers had to be taken to two different hospitals, with unknown injuries. All of the cars involved were pretty banged up.

Police directed traffic through the intersection while the four cars were towed away. Police say the driver at fault may have suffered a medical problem that caused loss of control.

MEDFORD, Ore. — Police say when a driver ran a red light on Friday afternoon it led to a rollover crash in downtown Medford. 4th and Central Street had to be blocked off after the accident.

A 70-year-old driver in an SUV went through the red light, and a car going through the intersection crashed with the back end of his car and the impact caused the vehicle to flip over.

“Luckily, the driver of the SUV was seat buckled in and he did not sustain an injury, which is fantastic. Usually when you have a rollover accident, you have a very high likelihood of an injury,” said Medford Police Lt. Mike Budreau.

The driver of the SUV was charged for running a red light.

MEDFORD, Ore. – Several cars crashed along a very icy Biddle Road Tuesday morning as the airport conducted fog seeding, and now it has airport officials and road crews examining its communication procedures.

Around 9 a.m., Medford Police, firefighters, and ambulances responded to Biddle Road south of the airport after several cars crashed and spun out. One vehicle lost control on near Fisher Avenue, clipped a passing car and rammed into the curb, which flipped it on its side. The driver was not injured. Police say minutes later, a pickup traveling south on Biddle spun out after going too fast and hit another pickup going northbound. Neither driver was hurt in that crash either. Employees at Cascade Athletic Supply said another driver spun out along Fisher Ave., and took out two bushes and a stop sign.

Because of thick, freezing fog in the morning, airport workers began fog seeding to improve visibility. The process pulls the moisture out of the air as ice particles. Police said the process can make the roads especially slick, and can be dangerous if drivers go too fast.

Airport spokesperson Kim Stearns said the airport sends out notices about the fog seeding to ODOT road crews and the emergency dispatch center. ODOT maintains state highways with plows and de-icer trucks if the fallout is too thick or icy on the roads.

But Stearns admitted that the airport does not send notice to Medford Public Works, which is in charge of maintaining Biddle Road. She said she was previously under the impression that the emergency dispatch center would inform Medford Public Works staff about the effects of fog seeding on nearby roads.

Public Works Director Cory Crebbin said his office has not been receiving fog seeding notice from the airport for several years. Because the fog seeding only lasts for a short time in the morning, Crebbin said his employees often do not know about the road conditions until they have already improved. And if the road freezes before it can be treated, plows are useless and only skip over the surface.

Crebbins said he now wants to establish better communication between the airport and Public Works. Airport officials also said they would be contacting Public Works to discuss the communication problem.

Medford Police said today saw the first two accidents on Biddle since Friday, when the airport began fog seeding this week.

MEDFORD, Ore. — A car drove through the garage of a Medford home and nearly crashed through another house.

Police responded to the call around 10:30 p.m. Monday.

Officers say a 16-year-old girl was leaving a nearby house after a disagreement with her boyfriend. They say she drove away and crashed into the house next door.

Police say there were no significant injuries.

Neighbors were out assessing the damage, and offering a warm place to sleep for those in one home that had its gas shut off due to the crash.

The teenage girl was cited and released for reckless driving.

MEDFORD, Ore. — A crash involving two pickup trucks sends one flying through the air, but its driver escaped without serious injuries.

The crash happened at the intersection of Crater Lake Avenue and Owen Drive around 1 p.m. Tuesday. Medford Police said a Ford Explorer was driving westbound when it was t-boned by Dodge pickup. Witnesses said the crash caused the Ford to spin and flip in the air.

“It was still flying through the air while upside down, almost doing cartwheels, and then landed on its top and skidded down the road,” said Stacey Clouse, who saw the crash.

Firefighters had to use the Jaws of Life to get the driver of the Ford out of his truck. He was taken to a local hospital with a sore head and neck. The driver of the Dodge was also OK. Police say neither car appeared to be speeding.

MEDFORD, Ore. — Traffic was slowed on South Columbus Avenue after an accident left an SUV up-side-down.

Police say the driver of the Jeep Cherokee pulled out of Dakota Avenue onto South Columbus and collided with another car, spun out, and flipped over. The two people inside the jeep were wearing their seat belts and escaped with no injuries.

The driver of the flipped jeep was cited for failing to obey a stop sign. Police say that particular intersection is not known to be dangerous for drivers.