Teen Driver Arrested Linked to East Evans Creek Fire

A 17-year-old driver has been arrested in connection with the July crash that killed his passenger and ignited the East Evans Creek Fire.

Deputies arrested the juvenile Friday, Sept. 18, more than two months after the rollover crash on East Evans Creek Road in rural Rogue River.

The driver faces charges of criminally negligent homicide, reckless driving and second-degree criminal mischief. He was lodged in the Jackson County…