A pair of accidents within six hours of one another in the same downtown McMinnville intersection sent several people to the hospital Monday. The causes of both accidents were the same – a motorist running the northbound red-light heading downhill from the city center at the intersection of Morford and Chancery streets. The first of the wrecks happened around 1 p.m. Monday when a 2007 Focus driven by Michelle Roberts, 43, ran the red-light coming from downtown and slammed into a 1997 S-10 Chevy truck driven by David Swan, 56.
Details about Monday night injury wreck