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Hit-and-Run Driver Turns Himself In After a Portland Car Accident
Date: October 18, 2009 Location: NE 33rd Avenue & Shaver Street, Portland, Oregon Names: Jared Sletager, Quandrell Dumas After a shocking hit-and-run crash early October 18, 2009, left a Seattle, Washington, man in critical condition, the driver who fled the scene gave himself up to police. Quandrell Dumas, 23, of Portland, Oregon, turned himself in… read more
Prineville Rollover Truck Crash Seriously Injures Passenger
Date: October 10, 2009 Location: Mill Creek Road & Hwy. 26E, Prineville, Oregon Names: Donald Ray Carter Police say alcohol and speed were factors in an October 10, 2009, single-vehicle rollover crash that threw a passenger, Donald Ray Carter, 24, of Prineville, Oregon, from a truck, seriously injuring him. A male juvenile from Prineville, Oregon,… read more
Drowsiness May Have Led to Death in Grants Pass
Date: September 27, 2009 Location: Old Highway 199, south of Grants Pass, Oregon Names: Avi Livingstone, Hana Goodkind, Ilan Goodheart, Tosh M. Mason Driving drowsy may have been a factor in a single-car crash that killed a California mother and injured her two children and another passenger, according to the Oregon State Police.
Appeals Court Rules Implied Consent Is Coercion
In a September 30, 2009, Oregon Court of Appeals ruling, the court equated implied consent laws with coercion, calling into question the constitutionality of state rules mandating consent to intoxicant testing as a condition for obtaining a license. Oregon’s implied consent law says anyone licensed to drive is considered to have consented in advance to… read more
Motorcyclist Injured in Crash with Suspended Driver
Date: October 9, 2009 Location: Hwy. 140 & S 6th Street, Klamath Falls, Oregon Names: Dwight Gobble, Eric Stowers Dwight Gobble, 41, of Malin, Oregon, was seriously injured on October 9, 2009, while riding his motorcycle in Klamath Falls, Oregon, when Eric Stowers, 26, steered his truck into the motorcycle’s path. The accident occurred near… read more
Cannon Beach Motorcycle-Truck Collision Kills One
Date: October 7, 2009 Location: Highway 101, Cannon Beach, Oregon Names: Alan G. Gelvin, Edward Jones, Carol Jones Alan G. Gelvin, 55, of Seattle, Washington, was killed October 7, 2009, when he slid into oncoming traffic and was hit by an Oregon couple in a pickup truck. The accident took place around 3:20 PM on… read more
Oregon Attorney Killed in Head-On Crash
Date: September 30, 2009 Location: U.S. Highway 20 near Buchanan, Oregon Names: Charles Simmons, Sterling Wilson, Pamela Wilson Charles Simmons, 32, an attorney from Nyssa, Oregon, was killed around 7:20 AM, September 30, 2009, in a head-on collision while on his way to Harney County Circuit Court in Burns for a hearing. The Argus Observer… read more
Brooks Oregon Man Seriously Injured in Crash with Truck
Date: October 2, 2009 Location: Highway 99E, Brooks, Oregon Names: Abimeal Jaime, Dvane H. Wood According to The Oregonian, Abimeal Jaime, 27, of Keizer, Oregon, was seriously injured in a collision with a truck driven by Dvane H. Wood, 45, of Damascus, Oregon. The accident occurred October 2, 2009, around 3:30 AM.
Motorcycle-Truck Crash Seriously Injures Alaska Man
Date: October 6, 2009 Location: S Partlow Road & S Central Point Road, Oregon City, Oregon Names: Michael Lawrence Michael Lawrence, 38, of Anchor Point, Alaska, was seriously injured October 6, 2009, when his motorcycle hit a truck in Oregon City, Oregon, according to The Oregonian. The collision occurred around 9 PM as Lawrence rode… read more
Grandmother, Baby Grandson Killed in Rollover
Date: September 27, 2009 Location: I-84 near Baker City, Oregon Names: Juana Lopez-Lopez, Jonathan Mendoza-Lopez, Raul Mendoza-Lopez, Mireya Lopez, Hahir Emmanuel Mendoza-Lopez A family vacation turned tragic September 27, 2009, when a car containing five family members swerved off the road and rolled down an embankment, killing a 60-year-old grandmother and a 4-month-old infant. Dead… read more