Updated 3:07 p.m.

A driver in southern Oregon dodged death early Tuesday after a pair of giant boulders tumbled onto a stretch of highway, authorities said.

The rockslide occurred about 4 a.m. along Oregon 62 north of Peyton Bridge in Jackson County, according to the Oregon Department of Transportation.

A person behind the wheel of an SUV managed to avoid one of the boulders — whose size dwarfed the vehicle — but crashed into the other, a transportation spokesman said.

The driver was taken to a hospital in Medford, authorities said. The highway remained closed Tuesday morning.

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