Injured hiker rescued at Smith Rock State Park
A Portland-area woman was rescued Saturday afternoon after she became injured while hiking on Misery Ridge at Smith Rock State Park, Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies said.
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DCSO SAR volunteers come to aid of 2 motorists stuck in snow S. of Bend
Two motorists whose pickup truck got stuck in the snow south of Bend Tuesday evening were rescued by Deschutes County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue volunteers using the agency’s ARGO tracked vehicle.
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SW Simpson Avenue reopens after Bend road construction crew hits natural gas line
A road construction crew struck a four-inch gas line in southwest Bend Monday afternoon, prompting a closure of Simpson Avenue, fire officials said.
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Rescuers come to the aid of Salem woman injured on Smith Rock hike
A Salem woman who was injured while hiking at Smith Rock State Park on Sunday got help from Redmond Fire medics and Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office Search and Rescue volunteers.
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C. Oregon Peacekeepers help search for missing Bend man
The Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office said Friday it is seeking public assistance in its search for a 52-year-old man last seen northwest of Redmond last Monday evening.
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NTSB: Engine cut out on plane that crashed at Sisters Eagle Airport
A small plane crashed earlier this month at Sisters Eagle Airport, leaving two occupants with minor injuries, when the engine suddenly stopped 150 to 200 feet in the air and wouldn’t restart, federal investigators said in their preliminary report.
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Prineville-area man fatally electrocuted while burning designs into wood
A 26-year-old man was fatally electrocuted Tuesday afternoon while burning decorative designs into wood outside his camp trailer at an RV park east of Prineville, Crook County sheriff’s deputies said.
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Bend cyclist remains in critical condition, day after collision with car in NE Bend
A Bend bicyclist remained in critical condition Sunday, one day after a collision with a car in a northeast Bend intersection, police said.
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I-84 wrong-way driver jailed after colliding with OSP trooper’s patrol car
A wrong-way driver on Interstate 84 in northeast Oregon collided with an Oregon State Police senior trooper’s patrol car Friday afternoon, but both drivers escaped serious injuries, officials said, and the wrong-way driver was arrested and jailed.
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Warm Springs police ID 2 pickup drivers killed in Hwy. 26 head-on crash
Warm Springs police have identified two drivers killed Sunday when one pickup truck crossed the center line and collided head-on with another in a three-vehicle crash on U.S. Highway 26 on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation.
Continue Reading Two Bend residents escape serious injury in Sisters single-engine plane crash
Two Bend residents sustained non-life-threatening injuries Wednesday evening when their single-engine plane struck a treetop and crashed in a field while trying to land at Sisters Eagle Airport, Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies said.
Continue ReadingMore than a dozen dead in crash involving SUV and semitruck in California near US-Mexico border
An SUV packed with people and a semitruck hauling two trailers slammed into each other in a rural California county near the Mexican border early Tuesday morning, leaving at least a dozen dead and others hospitalized, officials said. Overhead video in Imperial County shows the brutal aftermath of the crash, with the jack-knifed semitruck smashed
Continue ReadingMore than a dozen dead in crash involving SUV and semitruck in Imperial County, California
An SUV packed with people and a semitruck hauling trailers of gravel slammed into each other in a rural California county near the Mexican border early Tuesday morning, leaving at least a dozen dead and others hospitalized, officials said. Overhead video in Imperial County shows the brutal aftermath of the crash, with the jack-knifed semitruck
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15 killed in SUV-semi crash in Imperial County, California
An SUV packed with people crashed into a semi-truck in Imperial County, California, on Tuesday morning, leaving 15 dead, hospital officials said. A vehicle was traveling westbound on Norrish Road near State Route 115 when it traveled “in the direct path” of a big rig truck traveling northbound on the 115, California Highway Patrol officer
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Two companies appeal OSHA fines in roofer’s fatal fall at Caldera HS construction site
The general contractor and roofing subcontractor for the new Caldera High School under construction in southeast Bend have been fined about $6,000 in total for safety violations that Oregon OSHA alleges led to a roofer’s fatal fall last August. Both companies are appealing the fines.
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Alleged drugged driver cited after car slams into Bend convenience store
An alleged drugged driver from Seattle was cited on several charges early Thursday morning after his car left North Highway 97 in Bend and crashed into the back of a gas station convenience store, police said. He had minor injuries and no one inside was hurt, they added.
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Redmond police seek driver who struck minor in crosswalk, gave ride home
Redmond police sought the public’s help Wednesday in finding a motorist who struck a minor in a crosswalk last week and gave the juvenile a ride back home, but did not speak with the parents or leave any contact information.
Continue ReadingTiger Woods in surgery with ‘multiple leg injuries’ after rollover car accident near LA, agent says
Golf legend Tiger Woods was in serious condition when he was taken to a hospital Tuesday morning following a one-vehicle rollover car crash in California, according to a tweet from the Los Angeles County Fire Department. “One, adult male was assisted out of the vehicle & transported to a local area hospital in serious condition,”
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Rescuers also rescued after 3 vehicles, 7 people get stuck in snow on Cascade Lakes Hwy.
A La Pine man’s attempt to rescue his nephew whose vehicle got stuck in the snow on the Cascade Lakes Highway west of Bend got him stuck as well Sunday night. In he end, Deschutes County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue ended up rescuing seven people from three vehicles.
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1 dead, 3 rescued after fishing boat capsizes near mouth of Tillamook Bay
A person has died and three others were rescued after a commercial fishing boat capsized near the mouth of Tillamook Bay along the Oregon coast.
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