Three injured in rollover

Published 6:31 pm Sunday, June 26, 2005

UMATILLA – A vehicle rolled while traveling on Highway 730 Friday night after the driver fell asleep, injuring her and two passengers.

According to Oregon State Police crash reports, Roxana Basel fell asleep while driving a 1990 Toyota Corolla eastbound on Highway 730 at milepost 186. She car went off the south shoulder of the highway and the vehicle rolled.

Basel, 61, of Walla Walla, was wearing a seat belt, police said, but was transported by Umatilla Ambulance to Good Shepherd Medical Center in Hermiston, where she was treated and released for minor injuries, said hospital spokesman Rick Rice.

Passenger Lynn Donald Falacher, 56, of Walla Walla, was taken by ambulance to Good Shepherd and transferred to Oregon Health and Sciences University. His condition was unavailable this morning from OHSU. A third passenger, a 17-year-old male, was transported to Good Shepherd by Hermiston Ambulance, where he was treated for minor injuries and released, Rice said.

Both passengers were wearing their seatbelts, police said.