Year: 2011
Icy Road Conditions Cause Car Crash on Highway 58
Date: January 2, 2011 Location: Highway 58 East of Oakridge Name: Brook A. Cole A 20 year old college student from Klamath Falls was not injured after she lost control of her vehicle on Highway 58 about 15 miles east of Oakridge. The highway was closed for about a half hour following the incident. According… read more
OSP Trooper Struck By Vehicle, Suffers Minor Injuries
Date: January 1, 2011 Location: Interstate 5 near Milepost 49 near Grants Pass Names: Cathy Foster, Eric Tholberg, Josh Quick An Oregon State Police (OSP) trooper received minor injuries when he was struck by an out-of-control vehicle while investigating a traffic crash about six miles south of Grants Pass. The trooper was treated and released… read more
Car Collision on Highway 26 Results in Injury
Date: December 26, 2010 Location: Seaside, OR Names: Ahmed Maki Alhakeem, Paul T. Bobzien, Hassan Maki A. Alhakim, Ali Hussain Almubarak One person was injured when the car he was a passenger in collided with a pickup truck on a section of Highway 26 east of Seaside. According to Oregon State Police Trooper Jessica Spurlock,… read more
Two Recent OSP Car Crashes Caused by Black Ice
Date: December 30, 2010 Location: Highway 22 West of Salem & Highway 26 near the Timber Junction Names: Ray Henschel, Krystal Duff, Garland Oriet, Ingeborg Hoelzer Black Ice on roadways caused numerous crashes recently. What is black ice? And what causes it? Black ice is a thin layer of transparent glazed ice over a roadway… read more
Head-On Car Crash on Highway 97 Kills One, Injures Three
Date: December 30, 2010 Location: Highway 97 North of Bend Names: Derek Lybbert-Arizmendez, John Siemens, Angelica Mendoza, Javion Pineda According to an Oregon State Police news release, at about 12:23pm on December 30, 2010 a red 2000 Mercury Cougar driven by Derek Lybbert-Arizmendez, age 19 of Madras was headed south on Highway 97 near milepost… read more
Highway 97 Two Car Collision Caused by Drunk Driver
Date: January 12, 2011 Location: Highway 97 near Redmond Names: Deneice Tibbets, Stephanie Baldwin A Prineville woman was arrested for DUII following a two car collision on Highway 97 near Redmond. According to a news release from Oregon State Police, Deneice Tibbets, age 25 of Prineville, was driving a 2006 Dodge Stratus south on Highway… read more
Oregon Hit-and-Run Victim Obtains $100,000 Settlement
Portland personal injury attorney Sean DuBois of DuBois Law Group helped a young man obtain a favorable settlement of $100,000 in November 2010 for a hit-and-run accident that left him with a torn medial meniscus in his right knee that required an arthroscopic meniscectomy. The man’s settlement represents the maximum amount possible that could have… read more
Pregnant Woman Struck by Hit-and-Run Driver
Date: January 6, 2011 Location: Southwest Fourth Avenue & Alder St, Portland Names: Wondimagagn “Wondi” Ali A hit-and-run driver struck a pregnant woman and knocked her to the ground in a crosswalk at Southwest Fourth Avenue and Alder Street. Portland Police were called to the scene after reports were called in that a black SUV… read more
Fatal Car Collision on Highway 18
Date: December 29, 2010 Location: McMinnville, OR Names:Hye Kyung Kang, Erica Nada, Kevin G. Caulfield, Edward C. Rosera According to an Oregon State Police news release: At approximately 3:35am on December 29 a 2005 Hyundai driven by Erica Nada, age 49 of Beaverton, was heading west on Highway 18 near milepost 49 when it crossed… read more
Two Injured in Willamette Valley Truck Accident
Date: January 5, 2011 Location: Highway 36 West of Cheshire Names: Mark Crawford, Curtis Fisher, Alan Crawford Two vehicles collided in the predawn hours when a pickup truck ran a stop sign and was hit by a commercial truck along Highway 36 in Willamette Valley. Oregon State Police troopers reported that Mark Crawford, age 59… read more