Accidents and Crashes Archives

Coast Guard helicopter crew rescues Keizer dad, injured teen daughter and their dog in Three Sisters Wilderness

June 18, 2024 1:36 pm Barney Lerten

A Keizer father, his 14-year-old daughter and their dog planned to wrap up their fun five-day hiking trip in the Cascades on Sunday, Father’s Day. But it turned into quite a different experience when she dislocated her knee and couldn’t go on, prompting an “incredibly challenging” air rescue in the Three Sisters Wilderness Area by a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter crew out of Astoria.

28 people rescued after getting stuck upside down on ‘AtmosFEAR’ ride at Portland’s Oaks Park

June 14, 2024 5:20 pm KTVZ News Partners

Portland firefighters rescued dozens of people trapped upside down on a ride at Oaks Park Friday afternoon. Riders on the AtmosFEAR ride said they were stuck for around 25 to 30 minutes, but it felt like hours, KGW reported.

NewsChannel 21 exclusive: Lost driver speeds onto Bend Airport runway; plans for fence, gates are in the works

June 14, 2024 6:14 pm Harley Coldiron

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Bend Municipal Airport manager confirmed a tip to NewsChannel 21 and provided some details about a woman who was lost and drove at a high rate of speed onto the active runway last Saturday morning. Airport Manager Tracy Williams says it occurred around 10 a.m. and that a worker in

Hiker falls 40 feet into Deschutes River below Benham Falls, reaches log, prompting water rescue effort

June 11, 2024 12:19 am Barney Lerten

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – A Eugene hiker who fell about 40 feet into the Deschutes River below Benham Falls Sunday morning was able to reach a log in the swift-moving river and an ensuing rescue effort took several hours to accomplish, authorities said. Water teams from Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office Search and Rescue, Bend fire

Cloverdale fire chief, volunteer talk about scary moments after bull escaped; Sisters Rodeo will see if any changes needed

June 9, 2024 9:27 pm Barney Lerten

Some things went awfully wrong when a bull jumped a fence and escaped from the Sisters Rodeo arena late in Saturday night’s performance and ran through a concession area – but it could have been far worse just minutes earlier, when a much larger crowd was lined up for refreshments.

A dog helped his owner get rescued after a car crash in a remote, steep ravine in Oregon

June 10, 2024 5:11 pm The Associated Press

BAKER COUNTY, Ore. (AP) — A dog has helped his owner get rescued after a car crash in a steep ravine in mountainous northeastern Oregon, authorities said. A man was driving with his four dogs on a remote U.S. Forest Service road on June 2 when he crashed into a ravine below, the Baker County

OSP identifies Crescent man killed in pickup rollover crash on Highway 97 between La Pine and Sunriver

June 7, 2024 11:28 am KTVZ News Partners

A Crescent man was killed Friday morning when his pickup truck left U.S. Highway 97 about 10 miles north of La Pine and struck a road sign and several trees on the shoulder before overturning, Oregon State Police said Monday.

Jurors in Hunter Biden’s gun trial begin deliberating whether he’s guilty of federal firearm charges

June 9, 2024 9:20 pm The Associated Press

By CLAUDIA LAUER, MICHAEL KUNZELMAN, RANDALL CHASE and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Jurors in Hunter Biden’s gun trial began deliberating Monday whether the president’s son is guilty of federal firearms charges over a revolver he bought in 2018 when prosecutors say he was addicted to crack cocaine. Hunter Biden is

‘There’s a bull out!’: Bull jumps Sisters Rodeo arena fence; several injured in fleeing crowd; all reported to be back home

June 8, 2024 11:29 pm Barney Lerten

A bull jumped a fence and escaped from the Sisters Rodeo arena during the bull-riding event at Saturday night’s performance, striking and injuring three people while it ran through the rodeo grounds, sparking a frantic run for safety, authorities said.

SUV crashes in Highway 20-Old Bend-Redmond Highway roundabout; driver has minor injuries, cited for speed

June 7, 2024 10:42 pm Tyson Beauchemin

A rollover crash of an SUV Friday evening closed the new roundabout at U.S. Highway 20 and the Old Bend-Redmond Highway west of Bend for a time and sent the driver to the hospital. He also was cited for going too fast to navigate the traffic circle safely.

Former astronaut William Anders, who took iconic Earthrise photo, killed in Washington plane crash

June 7, 2024 3:16 pm The Associated Press

By GENE JOHNSON and AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — William Anders, the former Apollo 8 astronaut who took the iconic “Earthrise” photo showing the planet as a shadowed blue marble from space in 1968, was killed Friday when the plane he was piloting alone plummeted into the waters off the San Juan Islands

Redmond Police cite SUV driver for illegal U-turn after collision with motorcycle injures both riders, one seriously

June 6, 2024 2:50 pm Barney Lerten

An SUV driver was cited for an illegal U-turn Wednesday morning after a collision with a motorcycle on SW Airport Way in Redmond that sent both riders to the hospital, one with serious injuries, police said Thursday.

ODOT crews reopen Highway 101 on Oregon coast after landslide forces closure for several hours

June 3, 2024 1:17 pm KTVZ News Partners

MANZANITA, Ore. (KTVZ) — A landslide closed U.S. Highway 101 early Monday morning for several hours but it was fully open again by the noon hour, ODOT reported. The slide occurred about two miles north of Manzanita, at the south end of Oswald West State Park. One lane was open by mid-morning as crews worked

Montana man pleads not guilty to manslaughter, DUII charges in fiery Hwy. 97 crash that killed Portland-area family

May 28, 2024 6:40 pm Barney Lerten

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – A 43-year-old Montana man pleaded not guilty Tuesday to seven charges, including four counts of manslaughter and one of DUII, in a fiery head-on collision last fall that killed a Troutdale family of four on U.S. Highway 97 north of Redmond. Deschutes County Circuit Judge Randy Miller scheduled a Jan. 21

6 killed in Idaho crash were agricultural workers from Mexico, officials say

May 23, 2024 8:00 pm The Associated Press

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho. (AP) — Six people killed when a pickup crashed into a passenger van in Idaho on Saturday were agricultural workers from Mexico, officials said. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mexico said in a news release that the van passengers were all agricultural workers from Mexico who were in the U.S. on

Hiker dies after falling from trail in Oregon’s Columbia River Gorge, officials say

May 20, 2024 1:32 pm The Associated Press

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A young woman died after falling off a cliff while hiking in Oregon’s Columbia River Gorge, officials said Monday. Elisha Angelic Macias, 22, was hiking with friends Sunday near Horsetail Falls, about 35 miles (56.3 kilometers) east of Portland. After separating from the group and going off trail, she fell an

Woman falls to her death while hiking on Columbia Gorge trail

May 19, 2024 11:58 pm KTVZ News Partners

PORTLAND, Ore. (KGW/KTVZ) — A woman took a deadly fall while hiking on a trail in the Columbia River Gorge on Sunday afternoon, according to the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office, KGW reported. The hiker was a woman in her 20s who was hiking with a group of five friends at Horsetail Falls, officials said. At one point,

6 people killed, 10 others injured in Idaho when pickup crashes into passenger van

May 18, 2024 2:44 pm The Associated Press

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (AP) — Six people were killed Saturday in Idaho in a two-car accident that included a large passenger van, authorities said. Ten others were injured in the crash on U.S. Highway 20 in Idaho Falls and taken to local hospitals, Idaho State Police said in a statement. An eastbound pickup crossed the

Remains found on Warm Springs Reservation late last year confirmed to be teen who disappeared in 2022

May 14, 2024 2:06 pm KTVZ News Partners

WARM SPRINGS, Ore. (KTVZ) – Nearly 18 months after an 18-year-old disappeared on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation, prompting police to seek information from the public, the Oregon State Medical Examiner’s Office has confirmed that remains found late last year were those of the missing teen, police said. The Warm Springs Police Department received a

Oregon City woman killed, husband injured in motorcycle crash on Highway 207 north of Mitchell

May 13, 2024 1:42 pm Barney Lerten

MITCHELL, Ore. (KTVZ) – An Oregon City woman was killed and her husband was injured Saturday afternoon in a motorcycle crash on state Highway 207 about six miles north of Mitchell, Oregon State Police reported Monday. Troopers responded shortly after 2 p.m. Saturday to the reported crash near milepost 18 in Wheeler Count. A preliminary

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