Victims Of A Drunk Driver

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June 07, 2016

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Killed By Drunk Driver

This page is made in memory of my only two children who died with their father and step mother, on a short spring break camping trip gone terribly wrong. They had just left to the Wild Life Safari ( Winston, Oregon) and were settled in for the 2 hr trip out to the coast where they were going to spend a couple days. The trip ended in the Camas Valley, Oregon when in the oncoming lane drove a driver who had fallen asleep at the wheel that was alcohol induced. It was an 80% head on collision, Jeff (heading west) slammed on his brakes for 80 ft and the little pickup(heading east) hit, flipping up and landing the wrong way in his lane blocking traffic for hours. His alcohol content from what was left of him was as high as .16 BAC(Blood Alcohol Content) and there were opened and unopened alcohol found in wreckage. There was a fire that started on the vehicle headed west and my children and their step mother died from smoke inhalation. Both drivers died on impact! This p...

Finally They Found Their Way Home!

Posted this on another spot or two...thought it appropriate to post here too. Overwhelmed with the support and cheers from those who have shared and read my story! I love you ALL! For the rest of the story... A week after my birthday i received an email from a lady who found something that she felt belonged to me. She continued in this email to tell me that she found my email addy through my website about my kids. She then said she didn't want to upset my world but she found their headstones! I WAS FLOORED!! So my hubby gets on the phone and chats with her because i was a MESS! For those who have Not read my book...my bio mother had kept them from me for 23 yrs!!! And apparently when she left to move yet again she left the stones behind! This lady had bought a house that she is remodeling. In her back yard she was removing a chicken run and found what she thought were paving stones and then to her surprise she found these. Sooo after digesting this news we moved to make arrangemen...

March 25,1997

Five killed in Collision west of Winston Four members of a Hood River family on their way to the Oregon Coast for a spring break camping trip were killed in a head-on collision in the Southern Coastal Range. All four family members and the driver of the oncoming truck died either from the violent impact of the collision or the subsequent fire, state police said. A 1989 Jeep Cherokee Wagoneer driven by Jeffrey E. Bowers of Hood River collided about 5:30 pm Tuesday with a Toyota Pickup that crossed the center line on a curve on Hwy 42 about 17 miles west of Winston, state police said. Killed were Bowers, 27, a self employed drywall installer; his wife Carolyn Ann Dehart, 31, a meatcutter at a family owned grocery store in White Salmon; and Bowers' children from a previous marriage, Jeffrey, 6 and Kaija, 4. Also,was killed the pickup driver, Jeffrey C. Burton, 43, of Murphy. Eugene Register-Guard http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=qktWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=gOsDAAAAIBAJ&p...

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