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NORTHWEST East Oregonian Page 2A Tuesday, July 17, 2018 Stranded Oregon woman drank water from moss after crash BRIEFLY Eugene’s bait- bike program hooks thieves EUGENE (AP) — The Eugene Police Depart- ment’s “bait bike” program has led to some recent arrests, but officials say the goal of the program is to plant a seed of doubt in the minds of would-be thieves. Sgt. Wayne Dorman says police leave the bait bikes equipped with track- ing technology in high- crime areas or places where people are likely to leave their bicycles. Police receive an alert when a bike gets moved. One bait bike was taken twice one night last week. A 22-year-old man was arrested for tak- ing the bike where police initially planted it. Offi- cers then leaned the bike against a bike rack at the public library, and it was allegedly snagged by a 42-year-old man. Eugene police statis- tics show the number of reported bike thefts is down significantly from 2015, but it’s unknown if bait bikes have played a role in the drop. By MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press LOS ANGELES — An Oregon woman who was badly injured and stranded for a week after her Jeep plunged 250 feet over a cliff into the ocean near Big Sur in California says she survived by drinking fresh water drip- ping from moss until she was rescued by a couple hiking along the beach. From her hospital bed, 23-year-old Angela Hernan- dez posted a detailed account Sunday night on Facebook of her survival after the crash. The Portland woman said she spent each day walking the isolated stretch of beach, searching for help, and was unable to make her way back up to the highway. She said she had a brain hemorrhage, collapsed lung, broken ribs and collarbones, and severe sunburn. “For her to survive for seven days on the coast with waves crashing over you at times, with injuries that she had, is amazing,” Monterey County Sheriff Steve Bernal said. “She was a fighter. She had the will to survive and I think most people in that sit- uation probably wouldn’t have lasted that long.” Hernandez had been driv- ing to her sister’s home in Lancaster, near Los Angeles, on July 6 when a small ani- mal crossed in front of her, causing her to swerve and lose control of her car, she wrote. “The only thing I really remember after that was waking up. I was still in my car and I could feel water ris- ing over my knees. My head hurt and when I touched it, I found blood on my hands.” She said she broke a win- dow of her car, jumped into the ocean and swam ashore. She fell asleep on the beach and realized what had hap- pened after she woke up. Her shoulders, hips, back and thighs were radi- ating pain and all she could see was the cliff, rocks and ocean. Monterey County Sheriff’s Office via AP In this Friday photo posted on the Monterey County, Calif., Sheriff’s Office Twitter feed, authorities tend to Angela Hernandez, foreground center, after she was res- cued, in Morro Bay, Calif. Authorities say a couple on a camping trip came upon Hernandez, from Oregon, who had been missing since July 6, after her car went over a cliff in coastal California. “People don’t normally survive plunges down the Big Sur coast like this. She is very lucky,” Bernal said. In the days that followed, Hernandez walked the beach searching for help, climbing on rocks to avoid sharp sand and walking on the shore to get away from hot rocks, she said. “I found a high spot I was able to climb up to and found myself there almost every day,” Hernandez wrote. “I could see cars driving across the cliff and felt like if I could yell just loud enough, that one could hear or see me. That’s all it would take to make it back to my family. Just one person noticing me.” Rescue crews had searched the area and found no obvious signs that a car had gone over a cliff, Bernal said. By the third day, Her- nandez’s jeans were torn, her socks had holes and she knew she was dehydrated. She made her way back to her car and found a 10-inch radiator hose that had fallen from the car during the crash. “I walked farther south down the beach than I ever had before and heard a drip- ping sound,” she wrote on Facebook. “I looked up and saw a huge patch of moss with water dripping down from it. I caught the water in my hands and tasted it. It was fresh!!!!” She said she developed a daily ritual of walking the beach in search of new high ground, screaming for help at the top of her lungs and col- lecting fresh water. “It would be a lie to say that things got easier as the days passed,” she wrote. “They never did. But, they sure got predictable.” Everything changed on Friday, when Hernandez woke up and saw a woman walking across the shore. “I thought it was a dream,” she wrote. “I screamed, “HEEELLLPPPPP!” and then got up as quickly as I could and ran over to her.” Chelsea and Chad Moore 211 S.E. Byers Ave., Pendleton 541-276-2211 333 E. 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Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows. 2 5 8 8 5 PORTLAND (AP) — The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife says a small dog attacked in Port- land last week was likely bitten by a coyote, not a cougar as initially reported. According to the Port- land Police Bureau, a woman reported that the dog was in her yard when a cougar attacked early Thursday. The dog suffered two puncture wounds, but survived and is expected to make a full recovery. The Fish and Wildlife Department later exam- ined the bite marks and determined they were likely inflicted by a coyote, which are more common in Oregon. Lightning sparks dozens of small fires in SW Oregon GRANTS PASS (AP) — A series of lightning storms ignited dozens of wildfires in southwestern Oregon. The Rogue River- Siskiyou National Forest reported upward of 30 starts spread out from the Bear Camp Road area to Prospect on Sunday evening. Meanwhile, the Oregon Department of Forestry confirmed 40 fires in Jackson and Josephine County. Most of the fires are small, but the volume stretched firefighting resources. The Grants Pass Daily Courier reports rain fell in some areas, though it was sporadic and insufficient to aid firefighters. The newspaper reports that one of the blazes threatened several homes southeast of Jacksonville. 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The body of Gayla Smith was found wrapped in blankets in her Crooked River Ranch home. Police arrested her adult son, 29-year-old Gavin Smith-Brown. The Bulletin newspa- per reports that the case against Gavin Smith- Brown includes testimony from Smith’s friends, rel- atives and neighbors, who described his increas- ingly erratic and threaten- ing behavior toward his mother, and her growing fear of him. It also includes a year’s worth of police reports Corrections SUBSCRIPTION RATES www.eastoregonian.com Slain retired police officer feared son would kill her The East Oregonian works hard to be accurate and sincerely regrets any errors. If you notice a mistake in the paper, please call 541-966-0818. Subscriber services: For mail delivery, online access, vacation stops or delivery concerns call 1-800-522-0255 ext. 1 — Founded Oct. 16, 1875 — TODAY were hiking and looking for places to fish when they spot- ted Hernandez’s wrecked car and then her. Chelsea Moore ran and got help as her hus- band stayed with Hernandez and gave her fresh water. “We just kind of panicked and were like, ‘Oh my God, you were in that car we just saw and are alive,’” Chel- sea Moore told KION-TV in Monterey County. Chelsea Moore made her way to a camp and called 911 before spotting a missing person handout with Hernan- dez’s photo. She rushed back with help and Hernandez was hoisted up a cliff by rescu- ers and taken by helicopter to a hospital, where she is recovering. “I couldn’t believe that they were even real,” Her- nandez said about her rescu- ers. “I couldn’t believe that we had finally found each other.” from domestic disturbance calls, all of which the mother initiated. Smith-Brown has pleaded not guilty to a murder charge. His attor- neys declined comment. 2 8 a.m. 10 a.m. Noon 2 p.m. 4 p.m. 6 p.m. 0-2, Low 3-5, Moderate 6-7, High; 8-10, Very High; 11+, Extreme The higher the AccuWeather.com UV Index™ num- ber, the greater the need for eye and skin protection. Forecasts and graphics provided by Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. -10s -0s showers t-storms 0s 10s rain 20s flurries 30s 40s snow ice 50s 60s cold front 70s 80s 90s 100s warm front stationary front 110s high low National Summary: Drenching showers and locally gusty thunderstorms will extend from New England to the Southeast, lower Mississippi Valley and central Plains today. Storms will dot the Rockies and interior Southwest. Yesterday’s National Extremes: (for the 48 contiguous states) High 112° in Needles, Calif. Low 38° in Climax, Colo. 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