SPRINGFIELD, Ore. (KMTR) -- A Springfield man is dead after his car crashed Saturday afternoon.
Springfield Police say accident happened in front of a gas station at 41st and Main Streets just after 4:30 PM. Investigators say the car was headed east when it went up onto the sidewalk and slammed into a bus stop sign post and bench and finally stopped between the gas station sign and a power pole.
The driver had to be cut out of the car. Paramedics performed CPR before the driver, 63-year-old Donald Gene Dorry, was taken to a nearby hospital. He was pronounced dead on arrival.
Police say a medical issue may have played a role in the crash.