Two Nevada residents were taken to the hospital with injuries early Friday after their rental box truck overturned on Southwest George Millican Road, Crook County sheriff’s deputies said.
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A 75-year-old Salem man was killed Wednesday afternoon when his car left U.S. Highway 20 in Harney County and struck a tree, Oregon State police said Thursday.
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A van fire closed U.S. Highway 97 in both directions south of Bend Wednesday morning, authorities said.
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A Bend woman was arrested on drunken driving and hit-and-run charges Sunday night, accused of fleeing a crash involving three other vehicles, then crashing again while going the wrong way up a Bend Parkway off-ramp and leaving. Police said she also apparently left her 2-month-old son home alone.
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A 76-year-old Redmond woman was killed Tuesday when her car crossed all four lanes of Highway 97 south of Redmond and collided with an ODOT Incident Response vehicle, Oregon State Police reported.
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Bend police said Monday they are investigating a hit-and-run crash between a car and an electric bike that occurred at a northeast Bend intersection Sunday evening.
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A rollover crash briefly closed U.S. Highway 20 a mile east of Sisters Monday morning but did not injure the driver, Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies said.
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A woman waiting in her car outside a Redmond Subway Friday afternoon fell asleep and “crashed” her child’s job interview – literally — hitting the gas and sending her car crashing into the restaurant, police said. The crash caused no injuries, but smashed out a large glass window and caused plenty of damage inside the
Continue ReadingHILLSBORO, Ore. (AP) — A Washington County woman pleaded guilty in a deadly hit-and-run crash and was sentenced to probation, with no additional jail time. KPTV-TV reports 77-year-old Patricia Clayton of North Plains pleaded guilty Monday to the charge of hit-and-run to an injured person with death involved. Clayton was sentenced to three years of
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Grieving family and friends of a Prineville motorcyclist killed in a Redmond crash Friday afternoon are expressing shock and sadness over the sudden loss of a hard-working, fun-loving family man and have quickly begun efforts to help his wife and family through the difficult times ahead.
Continue ReadingSALEM, Ore. (AP) — Officials at Salem Health Hospital say a bicyclist involved in a crash last week has died. The Salem Statesman Journal reports police identified the bicyclist as Jason Libel of Salem. The crash was reported around 5:30 p.m. Thursday. Officials said Libel was riding his bicycle on Portland Road and weaved into
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A four-vehicle crash on Interstate 5 near Woodburn early Saturday morning killed a 24-year-old Beaverton man and injured five others, three seriously, Oregon State Police reported. OSP troopers and other emergency personnel responded shortly after 4 a.m. to the reported crash at milepost 269. A preliminary investigation found that a black 2019 Mazda driven by
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Redmond police on Saturday identified a Prineville motorcyclist who suffered fatal injuries Friday afternoon in a collision with a minivan at a southwest Redmond intersection. Police and Redmond Fire & Rescue personnel responded around 3:30 p.m. to the crash at the intersection of Southwest Veterans Way and South First Street, Lt. Eric Beckwith said. Motorcycle
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A Bend man’s weekend fishing trip turned into a chance collision with an elk Friday morning. But while it turned out badly for the animal, it could have turned out much worse for him. Patric Douglas was passing through Sisters, heading to the coast for a weekend fishing trip, accompanied by his dog, Kodiak Blue
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An 86-year-old Stayton woman was killed and a Culver man was seriously injured Saturday evening in a two-vehicle crash on state Highway 22E near Stayton, Oregon State Police reported. OSP troopers and medics responded around 5:30 p.m. to the reported crash at Highway 22E and Fern Ridge Road SE, troopers said. A preliminary investigation found
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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A sewer pipe in Northeast Portland leaked an estimated 1,000 gallons (3,785 liters) of untreated sewer water into an embankment. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports the Portland Bureau of Environmental Services plugged the leak Saturday near I-84 and Northeast 21st Avenue. The 1,000 gallons is a rough estimate. Bureau spokeswoman Diane Dulken says
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A pickup driver was killed and an ODOT snowplow driver seriously injured Saturday morning in a collision on snow-covered state Highway 3 in northeast Oregon’s Wallowa County, Oregon State Police said. Troopers and emergency personnel responded just after 8 a.m. to the reported crash on Highway 3 near milepost 15. Troopers said a preliminary investigation
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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The widow of an Eastern Oregon elk hunter has filed a $960,000 lawsuit against the man’s hunting partner following an accidental shooting. The Oregonian/OregonLive reported Friday that Vicki VanCleave, George VanCleave’s widow, filed the lawsuit against Richard Toubeaux in Baker County Circuit Court. The lawsuit says 76-year-old George VanCleave died Feb.
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Columbia County authorities on Sunday identified the victim of a hunting accident Saturday morning as a 63-year-old Portland man. Sheriff’s deputies were called around 9:30 a.m. to a shooting reported as a hunting accident, Oregon State Police, as well as St. Helens and Scappoose police, also responded to the scene. When law enforcement arrived, other
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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A Portland activist is dead after a vehicle hit him as he was leaving a left-wing hangout. Police say Sean Kealiher’s friends took him to a hospital after the early Saturday crash in the Kerns neighborhood. Police say a SUV crashed into a commercial building, and then gunshots were fired at
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