Clackamas fisherman drowns in Santiam River
A Clackamas man fishing with a companion on the Santiam River drowned when both fell in the water from their boat Saturday afternoon, Marion County sheriff’s deputies said.
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Central Oregon tow truck drivers deal with close calls on the highways
A local tow truck driver has a message for other drivers: “Move over.”
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Highway 97 wrong-way DUII driver charged after bumper move, use of Taser
It took a bumper-to-bumper maneuver to stop a Canby woman who for a time drove the wrong way on Highway 97 near Sunriver early Friday morning, Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies said. She refused to comply with law enforcement, even after use of a Taser, so she was wrestled to the ground and taken into custody.
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Tow-truck driver arrested in Redmond hit-and-run crash
A tow truck driver was arrested Thursday on felony hit-and-run and other charges, accused of hitting and injuring a 77-year-old Redmond woman in a crosswalk, police said Friday.
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Search ends in tragedy: Bend climber’s body found in crevasse on Mount Hood
An air and ground search of Mount Hood for a missing, experienced climber and wilderness guide from Bend ended tragically Thursday when Austin Mishler’s body was found in a crevasse high on the slopes of Oregon’s tallest peak.
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Search underway for Bend man missing since crash on Hwy. 62 in Southern Oregon
A search is underway, and Oregon State Police troopers are seeking the public’s help in finding a 33-year-old Bend man believed to have been driving an SUV that was found crashed Tuesday evening on state Highway 62 in Jackson County.
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Bend man unhurt, cited after crashing powered paraglider into power lines in Tumalo
A Bend man escaped injury but was cited Tuesday evening after he flew his powered paraglider into power lines over the Deschutes River in Tumalo and became entangled, also causing a power outage, Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies said.
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Three teens escape injury, driver cited in crash west of Sisters
Three 16-year-old Sisters boys escaped injury but the driver was cited after a crash Thursday night just west of Sisters, not far from a recent deadly crash that claimed three teen girls, Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies said.
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Pair of Bend DUII hit-and-run crashes knock out power, lead to arrests
Two allegedly drunk drivers crashed into power poles in Bend in less than six hours, resulting in widespread outages — and in both cases, leading to the arrests of the allegedly fleeing drivers, police said.
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Injured hiker near Broken Hand summit prompts 12-hour rescue effort
A hiker was injured Sunday while trying to stop her fall at a remote spot near the summit of Broken Hand, west of Bend, prompting a challenging, 12-hour rescue effort by Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office Search and Rescue volunteers and two helicopter crews, deputies said.
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Officials ID Madras man, 20, killed in crash; driver, 17, charged with DUII
Jefferson County authorities on Wednesday identified a 20-year-old Madras man killed Tuesday in a single-vehicle crash that also brought drunken driving charges against the 17-year-old driver.
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Aloha boy, 3, finds gun, dies after shooting
Authorities say a 3-year-old Portland-area boy has died following an apparent accidental shooting involving a gun he found in a bedroom drawer.
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Bend man killed in Hwy. 97 Wasco County crash
A Bend man was killed in a single-vehicle crash Wednesday evening on U.S. Highway 97 south of Shaniko in Wasco County, Oregon State Police reported.
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Two injured in three-vehicle crash on Hwy. 126 in Redmond
A three-vehicle crash on state Highway 126 East in Redmond Wednesday evening sent two people to the hospital, one with likely serious injuries, officials said.
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Mother of Sisters HS student speaks after daughter, 2 others die in crash
The mother of a Sisters High School student killed in a car crash last Thursday said she wants to keep her memory alive.
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Three Hwy. 97 crashes send 6 to hospitals, close NB lanes near Deschutes Juntion
Three separate, related crashes Tuesday afternoon near Deschutes Junction closed Highway 97’s northbound lanes for 90 minutes and sent 6 people to hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries, officials say.
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Driver charged with DUII after crashing pickup into SW Redmond home
A Redmond woman was arrested by citation on drunken driving and other charges after her pickup truck crashed into the front of a southwest Redmond house where a young child was sleeping late Saturday night, police said.
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Driver killed in late-night SW Redmond crash
A Redmond man was killed late Saturday night when his car left a southwest Redmond intersection at a 90-degree turn and struck a large tree, police said Sunday.
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ODOT: Distracted driving isn’t just costly, but dangerous — and deadly
In Oregon, over the past five years, 137 people have lost their lives in crashes involving a distracted driver, and more than 20,992 were injured, ODOT said Wednesday on the eve of National Distracted Driving Awareness Month.
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Seaside man posing for photo in tree falls to death when limb breaks
A Seaside man who climbed a tree to pose for a photo along a cliff along the Oregon coast fell 100 feet to his death after a limb broke Sunday afternoon, Oregon State Police said.
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