Representative recalls Umqua Community College bus crash and urges reflection on community losses
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On the House floor Representative Boyce recounted the fatal crash that killed two members of the UCC softball program, memorialized the victims, and called attention to impaired driving as the cause under investigation.
Representative Boyce used a floor remonstrance to recount a traffic crash that killed two people associated with Umpqua Community College's softball program and to urge reflection on the tragedy.
Boyce read an account by columnist John Canzano describing the crash: a Chevrolet Express bus carrying the UCC softball team was struck head-on by a westbound Chevrolet Silverado on Highway 42 in Coos County; two passengers died and others were injured. Boyce named coach Jamie Strines and player Kylie Jones as among those killed and described both as community-minded; he said investigators cited impaired driving as the cause and named the driver, who had an earlier DUI citation this year.
"It should never have happened. Their lives never should have been cut short," Boyce said, urging lawmakers and listeners to remember the victims and the communities supporting them. The remarks were entered on the House record; no formal action followed from the floor.