Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies on Wednesday released the name of a 65-year-old Sisters man who was killed Tuesday night in the rollover crash of his pickup truck on Wilt Road northeast of Sisters.
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OAKRIDGE, Ore. (KTVZ) — A Dallas, Oregon man was killed Monday night in a crash on state Highway 58 near Odell Lake when a semi-truck’s trailer slid into the oncoming lane and the path of his pickup truck, Oregon State Police reported. OSP troopers responded shortly before 8 p.m. to the two-vehicle crash near milepost
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A semi-truck jackknifed on U.S. Highway 26 on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation Tuesday morning, closing 25-mile stretch of the route for several hours and prompting ODOT to urge using alternate routes.
Continue ReadingNORTH POWDER, Ore. (AP) — An avalanche forecaster died in a snowslide he triggered while skiing in eastern Oregon last week, officials said. Nick Burks, 37, and a friend — both experienced and carrying avalanche air bags and beacons — were backcountry skiing the chute on Gunsight Mountain on Wednesday, near Anthony Lakes Mountain Resort.
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PORTLAND, Ore., (KTVZ) – New research from the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety shows that about 18% of all traffic deaths between 2017 and 2021 involved a drowsy driver, with nearly 30,000 nationwide. This is 10 times higher than the total in traditional crash data. In 2021 alone, about 6,725 lives were claimed by drowsy
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Two women attending Phagan’s Central Oregon Beauty College in northeast Bend were struck and injured in a 27th Street crosswalk Friday morning and were taken by ambulance to St. Charles Bend, police and school officials said. The driver remained on scene and was cited.
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(Update: Adding video) Residents of four-plex were evacuated during late-night repairs BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – A Bend man suspected of drunk and drugged driving slammed his car into the side of an apartment four-plex on Northwest Newport Avenue late Wednesday night, also breaking a natural gas line and prompting evacuations, then fled the scene, police
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(Update: Tree-well suffocation confirmed, victim identified; information on past incidents. lawsuits) Robert Harrington, 58, was wearing helmet, found by passing skier, DCSO says BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – A 58-year-old frequent Bend skier died at Mt. Bachelor Tuesday afternoon after falling into a tree well and suffocating – a tragic incident of the kind that has
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CANBY, Ore. (KGW/KTVZ) — The Canby High School community is mourning the loss of a student who was struck and killed by a train Monday evening, KGW reported. Canby police confirmed that 18-year-old Mason Warshaw was crossing a set of train tracks just north of the Pine Street intersection when he was struck by a northbound freight
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Deschutes County District Attorney Steve Gunnels talked to us Tuesday about why no criminal charges were filed in connection with a northwest Bend vehicle-pedestrian crash last September that claimed the life of Daniel Heun, saying that while it was “a horrible tragedy,” an investigation determined no crime was committed.
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Trenton’s Law (HB 4103), legislation that updates definitions of electric-assisted bicycles in the Oregon Vehicle Code, passed the Oregon Senate 28-2 Monday, carried by Bend state Senator Tim Knopp, and now goes to Gov. Tina Kotek’s desk for her signature.
Continue ReadingYAKIMA, Wash. (AP) — Two snowmobilers have been killed in separate avalanches in Washington state and in Idaho. Two snowmobilers riding in the Cascade Mountains west of Yakima, Washington, triggered a slide Friday in a bowl near Darland Mountain, according to the Northwest Avalanche Center. The rider who did not survive was described as fully
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A La Pine-area woman who worked as an educational assistant at schools in Bend and La Pine was killed and her pregnant daughter was critically injured and lost her child Thursday when their car collided with a jackknifed semi-truck on icy Highway 97 in northern Klamath County, Oregon State Police said.
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Deschutes County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue came to the aid Sunday evening of a stranded Redmond family – two women, two young kids and three dogs – whose pickup truck got stuck in three feet of snow on China Hat Road, about 30 miles southeast of Bend.
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A Washington State Patrol trooper who was struck and killed on Interstate 5 early Saturday morning was a “truly dedicated” member and “an even better human being,” Chief John Batiste said Saturday afternoon, KGW reported.
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Several crashes were reported Friday on Century Drive (state Highway 372), the road to Mt. Bachelor. A Deschutes County sheriff’s deputy was at the scene of a rollover crash and reportedly had a van slide into his patrol car, and two other vehicles then slid into the van.
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The Oregon House, on a 59-0 vote, has approved a bill that updates state laws regarding e-bikes and was named “Trenton’s Law” to honor a Bend teen who was killed while riding his e-bike last summer.
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – A Bend man was critically injured and his passenger sustained minor injuries in a rollover crash of a pickup truck early Wednesday morning on Alfalfa Market Road, Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies said. Deputies said they found alcohol to be a contributing factor. Deputies were dispatched around 3 a.m. to a cellphone’s
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The driver involved in a NE Bend car crash by The Riverhouse that went viral with photos online was arrested on suspicion of DUII, but not before resisting arrest and having to be restrained, police said Friday. Photos circulated online showing a driver who crashed around 2 p.m. Thursday onto the
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A large, four-inch natural gas transmission line was hit by contractors working on a northwest Bend sewer and gas line project Thursday morning, bringing fire crews to the scene and closing some roads, including the roundabout at Mt. Washington Drive and Shevlin Park Road.
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