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- Subscribe - Contact Us - Rate Card - Place an Ad Valley&State Backpage O&E Sports Archives Classifieds Faith&Beliefs Obituaries Revels July 27, 2004 Five killed in massive wreck Staff reports Becky Vanzant and her Central Point family began a weekend camping trip to Fish Lake celebrating a first wedding anniversary and a birthday. They closed it Sunday triggering the most deadly car crash in Jackson County in more than 15 years. Sunday was the first anniversary of Becky's marriage to Bobby Vanzant, her childhood friend turned love-of-her-life and father to their 1-month-old daughter, Zoe. Her brother, Robert Bartlett, just turned 23. Bobby Vanzant's attempt to pass a car on Highway 140 on the return trip instigated a two-car crash that left five people dead and two others severely injured. Police said their 1999 Ford Contour skidded and turned sideways during the aborted attempt, and the car was hit broadside by a 1977 Ford pickup carrying two Klamath Falls people, according to the Oregon State Police. Pronounced dead at the scene were the three Vanzants and Bartlett, with only 2-year-old Juliana Bartlett, Becky Vanzant's other daughter, surviving from their car, OSP said. Family members said Juliana Bartlett suffered a broken leg, elbow and clavicle, head injuries, a lacerated liver and contusions on the lung. She was airlifted Sunday to Doernbecher Children's Hospital, where she was listed Monday in serious condition in intensive care. DailyTidings.com Home Page Valley&State | Backpage | O&E | Sports | Archives | Weather | Classifieds Columnists | Faith&Beliefs | Obituaries | Revels | Subscribe | Contact Us Copyright 2004 Ashland Daily Tidings and Ottaway Newspapers All Rights Reserved Click Here Site Search: .:Advertisements:. RESOURCES - Mail Tribune News - ODOT Road Cams