Oregon Woman Survives After SUV Plunges Off Bridge Into River
National News: US Supreme Court to Weigh Rights of Foreigners on Death Row: "A woman was shocked but unhurt after her SUV plunged off a bridge, falling 60 feet into a river, then sinking another 55 feet to the bottom.

Melissa Borgaard was quoted in the Oregonian paper following the accident as saying, 'You're in a car going off a bridge - you think you're done.'

Borgaard had been driving across a rain-soaked bridge near downtown Portland, distracted by her conversation on a hands-free cell phone, when her sport utility vehicle skidded out of control and broke through a guardrail, plunging into the Willamette River Saturday.

Borgaard, 31, was released from the hospital the next day with only minor cuts and bruises. Her SUV still lies on the bottom of the Willamette River. No word on the whereabouts of her cell phone though."
- posted by Jim @ 10:42 AM