A 50-year-old Bend man was arrested on DUII and felony hit-and-run charges Sunday afternoon after allegedly fleeing the scene of a collision with a motorcycle that seriously injured the rider.
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A serious-injury vehicle-pedestrian crash Friday evening closed U.S. Highway 97 at Burgess Road just north of La Pine for more than two hours, authorities said.
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Crook County sheriff’s deputies on Tuesday released the names of two Prineville men killed in a fiery head-on crash on Juniper Canyon Road late Monday afternoon that closed the road for six hours.
Continue ReadingThe shocking interruption of a typically quiet, late-August Sunday evening, when a disturbed young man fired off 100-plus bullets on the way to and inside Bend’s Eastside Safeway, only to be stopped by employee Don Surrett Jr.’s heroic actions in the produce department, were bound to be viewed as Central Oregon’s biggest news story of 2022, from the very moments those tragic events unfolded.
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The snowy start to winter has made for more slick roads around Central Oregon. It’s also meant busier days for tow truck operators, as they’re called out to help more drivers who get into trouble.
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A reported two-vehicle serious-injury crash occurred Wednesday evening at U.S. Highway 97 and Cooley Road on Bend’s north end, slowing traffic, knocking out the traffic signals and blocking Cooley Road access in both directions, authorities said.
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A Bend man was struck and seriously injured late Tuesday afternoon as he crossed a northeast Bend intersection outside of the crosswalk, police said.
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Two large trees fell onto U.S. Highway 26 and a third fell on Interstate 84 Tuesday, claiming five lives, including a Prineville truck driver and a 4-year-old girl, as a large winter storm hit the state with strong winds, snow and rain, authorities said.
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A semi-truck whose empty trailer was hit by winds struck and snapped a Central Electric Cooperative utility pole Tuesday morning, knocking out power for about 275 Central Electric Cooperative members in Madras for several hours, officials said.
Continue ReadingBy Rebekah Riess, CNN A 44-year-old man died in an avalanche in Colorado on Christmas Day, authorities said. Four people were caught in the slide on Berthoud Pass near the town of Winter Park. Two of them were buried, the Grand County Sheriff’s Office said. Bystanders and family members helped rescue one. But when the
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A friend and coworker of a Sisters woman killed in a crash two days before Christmas on icy Highway 20 east of Sisters is raising funds to help the tragedy-stricken family, which includes five young children, and is quickly finding support in that effort.
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A Bend woman who allegedly ran a red light and crashed into two other vehicles on Highway 97 in Redmond on Christmas Eve, sending four people to the hospital, tried to run and was held by witnesses until police arrived – then jumped in a patrol car and tried to steal it, an officer said Sunday.
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Redmond police are looking for a pickup truck driver who may have witnessed a vehicle-pedestrian crash Wednesday evening that left the victim with life-threatening injuries.
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Even before an ice storm that is prompting warnings over much of Oregon, roadways were getting deceptively icy, especially near Santiam Pass, Black Butte Ranch police advised after responding to two crashes near Suttle Lake.
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A semi-truck driver was struck and killed on Highway 97 in Redmond Monday evening after he stopped his rig on the highway shoulder, got out and tried to cross five lanes of travel, police said Tuesday.
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The holidays are right around the corner, which means spending time with family and friends, and celebrating — often with alcohol. So Bend Police are warning people there will be more patrols will be on the road this holiday season, watching for impaired drivers.
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Bend police stopped an alleged DUII driver in a downtown Bend intersection late Saturday night – and about a half-hour later, another alleged DUII driver hit another officer’s parked patrol car, which then struck the first driver’s minivan, officers said.
Continue ReadingSEATTLE (AP) — A federal safety agency said Saturday that four people who died when a small plane crashed north of Seattle last month were conducting test flights to gather baseline information before the Cessna 208B was modified with a new aerodynamic drag reduction system. The National Transportation Safety Board released its preliminary report Saturday
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A two-vehicle crash Wednesday afternoon briefly closed the O’Neil Highway (state Highway 370) about seven miles west of Prineville and sent an occupant to the hospital, but Oregon State Police corrected their initial information Friday and said it was not a fatality.
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With the recent snowfall, comes an extra hazard on the mountain, with skiers and snowboarders needing to be on the lookout for dangerous tree wells.
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