Category: Car Accidents
Oregon Highway 97 Car Crash Kills Woman
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
State Police Seek Vehicle of Interest After Fatal Pedestrian Crash
Date: October 24, 2009 Location: Hwy. 34 west of I-5, Linn County, Oregon Names: Mary Ann Bradford, William Blake According to an Oregon State Police press release, Mary Ann Bradford, 42, whose last known residence was in Klawock, Alaska, died after she ran out onto Highway 34, about 100 yards west of I-5, in Linn… read more