JOSEPH AND ENTERPRISE VOLUNTEERS WORK FATAL TRAFFIC CRASH NEAR WASHINGTON BORDER

At dusk on Highway 3, ambulance at left and medical helicopter await victim

Joseph and Enterprise fire departments traveled more than 30 miles north of Enterprise to a traffic accident on Highway 3 late Monday afternoon, Nov. 10.

Responding with Wallowa County sheriff's deputies, Sheriff's Search and Rescue and Oregon State Police troopers, they discovered the body of a deceased Asotin, Wash., woman in an auto 500 feet down the embankment.

An OSP investigation indicated that the northbound car crossed the southbound lane, traveled off the shoulder and rolled into the canyon.

A medical helicopter landed nearby but was not needed.