Warm Springs man struck, killed by pickup on Highway 97 in Redmond
REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ) – A Warm Springs man was struck and killed by a pickup truck on Highway 97 in Redmond early Tuesday morning, Oregon State…
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‘They were heroes’: 3 men killed in Polk County plane crash were Afghan Air Force pilots who served with US military
INDEPENDENCE, Ore. (KGW/KTVZ) — The victims of a small plane crash in Independence Saturday evening were all Afghan refugees and former pilots…
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OSP IDs two killed in Hwy. 97 crash south of Redmond; 2 DUII crashes, arrests during closure, one hit ODOT vehicle
A Redmond man from India and a Bend woman were killed Saturday evening when the man lost control of his van on U.S. Highway 97 south of Redmond and…
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Three people killed in Independence plane crash; plane hit power lines in heavy fog, causing outage, small brush fire
INDEPENDENCE, Ore. (KTVZ) – Police on Sunday identified three people who were killed late Saturday afternoon when their small plane crashed into…
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Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over: Prineville PD joins high-visibility enforcement national campaign
PRINEVILLE, Ore. (KTVZ) — During the Christmas and New Year holiday periods, we often see a rise in drunk-driving deaths. Recent data shows December…
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Redmond woman driving in oncoming lane killed in head-on crash on SW Canal Boulevard, deputies say
A Redmond woman was driving in the oncoming lane on SW Canal Boulevard when her car collided head-on with a pickup truck and she was killed late…
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Boy, 13, struck by van, injured while riding bike in crosswalk across Bend’s NE Greenwood Avenue
(Update: Police say it was a van that struck the boy) BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — A 13-year-old boy was struck by a van and injured while riding his bike…
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‘Just felt so unreal’: Bend moving company crew rescues four people, dog after SUV rollover crash near Santiam Pass
A crew with Bend’s Higher Ground Moving travels over the Santiam Pass every week, helping people move their belongings. But last weekend, a typical…
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New scholarship will honor OSU-Cascades student Joel Tranby, killed in fall while climbing North Sister
The family of an Oregon State University-Cascades student killed in a mountaineering accident last July has committed more than $55,000 to create an…
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A climber tumbled hundreds of feet down Oregon’s highest peak. Volunteer rescuers happened to see it – and saved her life
By Sarah Dewberry and Christina Maxouris, CNN (CNN) — A 36-year-old woman slipped and fell several hundred feet from Oregon’s highest mountain…
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Redmond woman, 85, struck and killed crossing SW Canal Boulevard near Odem Medo Road
An 85-year-old Redmond woman was struck and killed by a pickup truck as she tried to cross Southwest Canal Boulevard late Tuesday afternoon, police…
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Wyden, colleagues want critical road safety provisions implemented: ‘Now is not the time to turn on cruise control’
WASHINGTON (KTVZ) – Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., along with Senate colleagues has sent a letter to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration,…
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Bend-La Pine school bus hits patch of black ice, crashes on Crescent Cutoff Road; La Pine HS student injured
A La Pine High School student sustained non-life threatening injuries and six others also went to the hospital Wednesday morning after their school…
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‘We don’t know where the deer went’: Surprising drop in wildlife crashes has insurers scratching their heads
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has released its latest findings on wildlife-related crashes in of Oregon. It shows that claims for…
Continue ReadingFive US service members killed in aircraft training accident in eastern Mediterranean Sea
By Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — Five US service members were killed in an aircraft crash during a training flight in the eastern Mediterranean…
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‘Bob the Bend Rock’ gets his own Facebook page, becomes tourist destination after 8 cars fall victim to him this year
Bob is the latest Bend feature taking the spotlight, far and wide. In this case it’s really B.O.B., which stands for Big Obvious Boulder. But this…
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Contractor hits, ruptures natural gas line in NE Bend, closing Greenwood Ave. (Highway 20) for hours
A Pacific Power contractor doing drilling work to replace a power pole hit a two-inch natural gas line in northeast Bend Wednesday morning, prompting…
Continue ReadingTwo people struck, killed by MAX light rail train while trying to retrieve car part after I-84 crash, Portland police say
PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) – Two people were killed in northeast Portland Saturday night when they apparently jumped over a barrier to retrieve a car…
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Woman mourns loss of identical twin sister after fire, possibly tied to propane heater, at homeless camp off China Hat Road
Colleen Carroll is mourning the loss of her identical twin sister, Courtney Carroll, who died recently at St. Charles Bend, a week after a fire hit…
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Two drivers hurt, 1 arrested in head-on Hwy. 97 DUII crash north of Bend; OSP spotlights dangers of impaired driving
A recent head-on crash on Highway 97 north of Bend sent both drivers to the hospital and led to the drunk-driving arrest of a Redmond man, as well as…
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