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Flooding causes 42S closure, police rescue stranded driver

Oregon Department of Transportation vehicles work on clearing the highway of debris near a flooded area of Highway 42 South on Monday afternoon.
Oregon Department of Transportation vehicles work on clearing the highway of debris near a flooded area of Highway 42 South on Monday afternoon.

COQUILLE — An Oregon Department of Transportation official said Highway 42 South likely would remain closed through much of Monday after a weekend of heavy rain and flooding that left at least one driver stranded.

Jared Castle, ODOT spokesman, said plow and sweeper trucks still need to remove debris from the road, while engineers need to rule out the presence of sinkholes before the road can be reopened.

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Source: The World’s Weekly News