Sweet Home Police Department (SHPD) and the Sweet Home Fire and Ambulance District responded to a call of a single vehicle rollover crash in the 4600 block of Long Street on May 27.
According to SHPD the driver, Faron Walter Kennedy, 59, of Sweet Home, told officers he was traveling west in his 2006 Kia Optima, on Long Street, when he believed he may have had a medical event that caused him to drive off the road, striking a fire hydrant and rolling the vehicle.
Kennedys dog had been ejected from the vehicle during this crash, and was deceased upon officers arrival.
The Kia had been rolled back onto its wheels with extensive damage to the entire vehicle. Along with this, there was a damaged fire hydrant laying on its side, with debris all around the vehicle.
Kennedy was cited into Sweet Home Municipal Court for driving while suspended and driving uninsured. Additionally, Kennedy was cited on an Albany Municipal Court warrant for failure to comply on an original charge for second degree criminal trespass, and a Lebanon Municipal Court warrant for failure to comply on an original charge for fraudulent use of a credit card, according to SHPD.
