Category: Car Accidents
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
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
Potential Risks Posed by Drivers with Medical Conditions
Date: December 29, 2010 Location: Hillsboro, OR Name: Unidentified Male Adult Concerned callers to 9-1-1 helped the Oregon State Police (OSP) find a man having a diabetic emergency and prevented possible tragedy. On December 29, 2010 at approximately 2:00pm a number of people called 9-1-1 to report that they had seen a possible DUII driver… read more
Horse Trailer Jackknifes, Collides with SUV on Highway 97
Date: December 28, 2010 Location: La Pine, OR Names: Jane Coby Webb, William Fiebig, Trent (child), Sydney (child), Moises Jimenez Garcia, Maria Garcia On December 27, 2010 at approximately 9:07 a.m. a 2006 Ford pickup truck pulling an empty 20-foot horse trailer driven by Jane Coby Webb, age 40, of Cherry Valley, California was headed… read more
Oregon Christmas Holiday Car Accident Statistics Released
Date: December 27, 2010 Location: State of Oregon Statistics Names: Alexey Tipikin, Chun Cha Shim, Ashley Dettra, Andres Guillermo Escobedo, Vennita Taylor This year’s Christmas Holiday reporting period began at 6:00pm December 23 and ended at 11:59pm December 26. Preliminary information indicates that three people lost their lives in 3 separate fatal traffic crashes on… read more
12-Vehicle Crash on Interstate 5 Results in Minor Injuries
Date: December 26, 2010 Location: Salem, OR Names: No names released Oregon State Police (OSP) troopers in Albany and Salem are investigating a traffic crash involving 12 vehicles in the northbound lanes of Interstate 5 north of the Linn/Marion county line. Three people were transported to the hospital for treatment of minor injuries. According to… read more
Highway 20 Head-On Collision Injures Three, One Critically
Date: December 23, 2010 Location: Eddyville, OR Names: Kirstin C. Heins, Mathieu F. Brown, Danniel Kay Three people were injured – one critically – in a two vehicle head-on car crash on Highway 20 approximately one mile east of Eddyville according to a news release from the Oregon State Police. According to OSP Sergeant Justin… read more