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Four-Car Collision Injures Five People

Date: June 2, 2010 Location: SR 22 near Salem, Oregon Names: Baldev Chada, Eugene Park, Sharon Van Cleave, Chung Kim, [Unknown] Five people were hospitalized after a four-car crash on State Route 22 west of Salem, Oregon, on June 2, 2010, around 2:40 PM, according to reports in The Oregonian and an OSP press release…. read more

Drunk Driving Crash Kills Motorcyclist

Date: May 30, 2010 Location: Highway 30 near Astoria, Oregon Names: Andrew Stuart Church, Kenneth Eugene Middleton A man driving drunk, with his 13-year-old daughter in the car, was jailed following a fatal crash over the Memorial Day weekend on Highway 30 east of Astoria, Oregon. The crash killed Rainier-area motorcyclist Andrew Stuart Church, state… read more

Commercial Truck Crash Kills Transient

Date: May 29, 2010 Location: I-84 near Baker City, Oregon Names: Robert Lee Hurley IV, [Unknown] A 49-year-old man died May 29, 2010, around 10:45 PM, when he was struck and killed by a commercial truck driven by Robert Lee Hurley IV, 48, of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. The crash occurred on I-84 near Baker… read more

Three Teens Injured in Rollover Crash

Date: May 19, 2010 Location: Highway 240 near Dundee, Oregon Names: Jacob Sperl, Rachel Sperl, Ravyn Sperl Three young siblings from Forest Grove, Oregon, were injured around 4 PM, May 19, 2010, in a single-car rollover crash on Highway 240 near Dundee. According to NewbergGraphic.com, the driver, Jacob Sperl, 16, lost control while trying to… read more

Police Say Driver Intentionally Hit Bicyclist

Date: May 24, 2010 Location: NE 122nd & Glisan, Portland, Oregon Names: Michael Luther, Wayne Thompson On May 24, 2010, a Multnomah County Judge found Wayne Thompson guilty of third-degree assault in an August 2009 bike-car crash that put a bicyclist in critical condition. Portland Police said Thompson deliberately hit the victim. Nonetheless, Thompson was… read more

Man Critically Injured in Car-Truck Crash

Date: May 26, 2010 Location: U.S. Highway 97 near Madras, Oregon Names: John Easterling, Balihar Singh A 79-year-old Madras, Oregon man was critically injured May 26, 2010, when the car he was driving crashed with a commercial truck, according to the Madras Pioneer. The truck driver was not injured in the crash, which happened sometime… read more

Passenger Dies After Near Head-On Crash

Date: May 20, 2010 Location: Highway 213 near Oregon City, Oregon Names: Carol Elaine Hoyt, Keith Eugene Lloyd, Gina Marie Fraijo On May 21, 2010, Carol Elaine Hoyt, 76, died in a Portland hospital from injuries sustained in a car crash the day before on Highway 213 in the Oregon City, Oregon area, according to… read more

Car-Truck Crash Injures Four

Date: May 22, 2010 Location: Highway 140 near Medford, Oregon Names: Benjamin Panter, Leslie Ryder, Cody Porter, Christopher Bowling Oregon State Police troopers are investigating a two-vehicle crash that injured four people, two critically and one seriously, on Highway 140 near Medford, Oregon, according to an OSP press release. The Oregon car-truck crash occurred May… read more

Driver in Jail after Fatal Crash

Date: May 24, 2010 Location: Highway 58 West of Oakridge Names: Gregory Ralph Muller, Bonnie Puckett Oregon State Police have completed a two-month investigation into a March 2010 fatal traffic crash on Highway 58 West of Oakridge, and have taken one of the drivers to jail, according to an OSP press release. Police say Bonnie… read more

Truck Crash Kills Three

Date: May 18, 2010 Location: Highway 97 near Grass Valley, Oregon Names: Jose Luis Sandoval Guerrero, Audelino Sandoval-Barajas, Pablo Alcala Marmolejo, Benjamin V. Quiroz, Jose Luis Ortiz Moreno Three people in a pickup truck died on May 18, 2010, around 12:40 AM, after a head-on crash with a commercial truck on Highway 97 near Grass Valley,… read more