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California Doctor Sentenced for Assaulting Bike Riders
Date: January 8, 2010 Location: Los Angeles, California Names: Christopher Thompson On July 4, 2008, according to the Los Angeles Times, Brentwood physician Christopher Thompson was on his way to work when he found himself behind a pair of bicycles. First, he honked his horn. Then he passed the bicycles, edging dangerously close to them…. read more
UPDATE: Second Pedestrian Dies after Southeast Portland Accident
Almost three months after the accident on Foster Road in which two women, Jessica Finlay, 28, and Lindsay Leonard, 23, were hit by a car while crossing the street, Jessica Finlay has died. She had been in a coma since the accident on November 1, 2009. Lindsay Leonard died in the crash.
Hit-and-Run Driver Turns Herself In After Oregon Injury Accident
Date: December 31, 2009 Location: SE Wilson Avenue & Fifth Street, Bend, Oregon Names: Jayson Barker, Kelsey Colleen Magee After a hit-and-run driver seriously injured a Bend, Oregon, pedestrian on New Year’s Eve, the driver came forward and turned herself in. The victim, Jayson Barker, 20, suffered a brain injury in the crash, and doctors… read more
Truck Crashes on U.S. 30, Injures Two
Date: December 28, 2009 Location: U.S. Highway 30, Astoria, Oregon Names: Wesley James Garrett, Frank F. Boncz, Stanley C. Baller, Jr., Jamie Bryan Pellham Icy roads may have contributed to a crash December 28, 2009, on U.S. Highway 30 near Svensen Junction, in Astoria, Oregon, in which two people were injured. According to The Daily… read more
Portland Hit and Run Lawyers: Providence Bus Driver Arrested
Date: December 28, 2009 Location: SE 76th & Stark St., Portland, Oregon Names: Dobrivoje Ivkovic A bus driver for senior citizens attending Providence ElderPlace in Portland, Oregon, was arrested December 28, 2009, for drunk driving, reckless driving, and leaving the scene of an accident after he crashed his empty bus at SE 76th and Stark… read more
Four-Car Crash Kills Woman, Injures Four
Date: December 26, 2009 Location: Highway 42, east of Remote, Oregon Names: Sigrid Wilma Wheeler, Sarah Helen Beck, Amber Nicole Olson, Ronald Eugene Beck, Robert D. Beck, Brett Dean Bishop According to the Oregon State Police Report, a four-car crash on Highway 42 in Coos County, Oregon, east of the town of Remote, killed a… read more
Christmas Eve Car Crash Injures Nine People
Date: December 24, 2009 Location: Highway 20, between Corvallis and Albany, Oregon Names: Sudhakar Thakillapati, Trashana Hanumantha Rao, Silvamari Thakillapati, Sushma Thakillapati, Bindu Lumen, Stevie Simpson, Andrea L. Logan, Andrew Scott Tokstad Oregon State Police are looking for witnesses to a three-car highway crash caused by a wrong-way driver, in which nine people were injured…. read more
Crash Kills Salem Man in Truck Collision
Date: December 24, 2009 Location: Highway 22 west of Santiam Pass, Oregon Names: Robert W. Fickel, Michael C. Provost, Ann Guyson A Salem man was killed and a Sunriver woman was injured in a head-on car-truck crash on December 24, 2009, around 10:30 AM, on Highway 22 west of Santiam Pass, in Oregon. Robert W…. read more
Rollover Kills Man from Remote, Oregon
Date: December 24, 2009 Location: Highway 42, near Remote, Oregon Names: Kenneth Michael Rasmussen Kenneth Michael Rasmussen, 48, of Bakersfield, California, died December 24, 2009, in a single-vehicle truck crash on an icy bridge near the small town of Remote, Oregon, east of Myrtle Point in Coos County. KPIC-TV reports that the crash occurred on… read more
Judge’s Decision in Bike-Car Collision is Reprehensible
Date: December 21, 2009 BikePortland.org recently brought to our attention a court decision we find reprehensible. We believe that everyone – drivers, bikers, and walkers – share responsibility on the roads. But when a judge rules in favor of an absent-minded and reckless driver with the advantage of 2,000 pounds of machine behind her, when… read more
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