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A new report from the City of Eugene indicates the number of traffic fatalities over the past three years more than doubled over the previous three-year period.

Jonathan Dowdy, 32, was being held Tuesday at the Coos County Jail, where he has been booked for offenses including manslaughter, reckless endangering and driving under the influence of intoxicants.

An Umpqua Community College softball player and a coach have been killed when their team bus was hit by a pickup. Oregon State Police say the driver of the truck crossed a center line and crashed head-on into the bus Friday night in Coos County.

Lincoln Smith was convicted of seven counts of second-degree manslaughter as well as reckless driving.

After two fatal crossover crashes on Interstate 5 in the past month, the State of Oregon is expediting a plan to add cable barriers to the unprotected…