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Category: Car Accidents

Oregon Highway 97 Car Crash Kills Woman

12/01/09

Date: November 23, 2009 Location: Highway 97, Bend, Oregon Names: Jeanne Coward, Dodd Hook, Lois Gruver Jeanne Coward, 69, of Bend, Oregon, was killed November 23, 2009, around 2 PM, on Highway 97 near the Deschutes Market Junction when her car was struck by an SUV driven by Dodd Hook, 47, also of Bend. The… read more


3 Die from Injuries in Church Van Rollover

12/01/09

Date: November 12, 2009 Location: I-84 near Baker City, Oregon Names: Phillip Joel Harris, Joshua John Pischura, Taune Nicole Winter Pepper According to KATU.com, Phillip Joel Harris, of Attalla, Alabama, became the latest casualty of an early-morning freeway crash near Baker City, Oregon, where a church van carrying 16 people rolled on icy roads. Harris,… read more


Strange But True Thanksgiving Traffic Facts

Date: November 24, 2009 Each year, Americans eat 45 million turkeys at Thanksgiving. And that’s not the only weird fact you can chew on this Turkey Day. Here are a few pre-Thanksgiving leftovers from the “you can’t make this stuff up” file, courtesy of Tom Vanderbilt, author of the new book, Traffic: Why We Drive… read more


OSP Investigates Sam Barlow Coach in Hit-and-Run Crash

11/24/09

Date: October 31, 2009 Location: Oregon 99E near South Lone Elder Road, Aurora, Oregon Names: Benjamin Story, Larry Scott Vang The Oregonian reports that Oregon State Police have identified a Sam Barlow High School assistant football coach as a suspect in a hit-and-run crash that seriously injured Benjamin Story, 23, of Aurora, on October 31,… read more


Passerby Rescues Mother, Children from Submerged Car After Crash

11/18/09

A Good Samaritan pulled four people, including three small children, from an SUV half submerged in the rushing waters of a creek on November 18, 2009, after the vehicle crashed on Widow Creek Road in Newport, Oregon, and rolled down an embankment. The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office told the Newport News Times that alcohol was involved… read more


One Pedestrian Killed, One Injured in Crash

11/17/09

Date: November 1, 2009 Location: SE 80th Avenue & Foster Road, Portland, Oregon Names: Lindsay A. Leonard, Jessica Finlay Two women walking home from a nearby Fred Meyer store were hit by a car on November 1, 2009, around 7:30 PM, as they crossed a marked but poorly lit intersection at SE 80th Avenue and… read more


Truck Drivers Injured in Head-On Crash

11/17/09

Date: November 17, 2009 Location: Highway 138, Sutherlin, Oregon Names: William Nye, Jason Marlin Two unloaded logging trucks crashed into each other head on, November 17, 2009, around 1 PM, on Highway 138 in Sutherlin, Oregon, and Oregon State Police troopers told KPIC.com that the drivers were lucky to be alive. “If they had both… read more


Car Crash Injures Pedestrian in Parking Lot

11/17/09

Date: October 29, 2009 Location: Sunset Esplanade, Hillsboro, Oregon Names: Angela Walters, Jeffrey Kenney Angela Walters, 29, of Hillsboro, Oregon, had just gotten off a bus and was hurrying through the Sunset Esplanade parking lot on October 29, 2009, around 4:15 PM, when she was struck by a car, according to The Hillsboro Argus. Police… read more


Multi-Vehicle Crash Seriously Injures Clackamas Man

11/07/09

Date: October 23, 2009 Location: Highway 99E near South End Road, Canby, Oregon Names: Kenneth R. Laughton, Jr., Mykhaylo M. Zalozh According to the Canby Herald Online, Kenneth R. Laughton, Jr., 50, of Clackamas, Oregon, was seriously injured when his SUV crossed the center line on Highway 99E north of South End Road, between Canby… read more



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