Automobile Accidents

• Liability and The Rear End Auto Accident Collision

  Staff Writer | December 27, 2005 5:36 PM | 1 CommentPortland, OR

  Most people have heard that rear-end collision type auto accidents are the fault of the driver who hits the person in front of them. In almost every case that is true. But why?The general rule of the common law forbids creating unreasonable risks of harm to others, which is Oregon's formulation of negligence law. In most automobile collision cases, the specifications of negligence include...

• Oregon Auto Insurance Policies

  Staff Writer | December 16, 2005 10:45 AM | 1 CommentPortland, OR

  Oregon's Financial Responsibility Law requires that all automobile insurance policies have certain provisions. They fall into three parts: (1) liability, (2) uninsured/ underinsured motorist, and (3) personal injury protection.Liability policies pay for the consequences of the insured's negligence. Basic driving errors like failures of lookout, speed, and control, and failure to obey traffic...

• Pedestrian Crosswalk Death Highlights Nighttime Dangers and Safety

  Josh Shulman | November 09, 2009 3:38 PM | 0 CommentsPortland, OR

  A horrific pedestrian accident a few days ago in Portland serves as a grim reminder of the importance for drivers to pay extra attention once the sun sets and for pedestrians to use extreme caution...

• Portland Officer Injured In Crash During Taping Of The TV Show COPS

  Chrissie Cole | September 30, 2009 4:14 PM | 0 CommentsPortland, OR

  A Portland police officer was injured in a car crash during taping of the TV show “COPS.” The accident happened Tuesday night when a vehicle crossed the center line at the...

• Car Crashes Into Portland Home Injuring Two

  Chrissie Cole | March 22, 2009 2:39 PM | 0 CommentsPortland, OR

  A car struck a power pole and then a house in Portland on Sunday sending two people to the hospital. The car crash occurred at the intersection of Southeast 162nd Avenue and Taggart Street....

• Two Teens Die in Oregon Car Accident

  Jenny Albano | March 30, 2008 12:33 PM | 0 CommentsPortland, OR

  Two teenagers from Roseburg, Oregon died on Friday, March 28 after the car they were riding in swerved off the road, hit an electrical pole, hit a tree, and then flipped over. The 15-year-old driver, Jacob Gonzales, of the 1995 Toyota Camry is in serious condition after the car accident and another passenger was already treated and released from the hospital.Gonzales failed to negotiate a...

• Car and Train Collide Because of Text-Messaging Driver

  Jenny Albano | October 18, 2007 2:14 PM | 0 CommentsPortland, OR

  An Oregon man crashed into a freight train on Tuesday, October 16 at around 2 a.m. The driver, Robert Gillespie, and the crew on-board the train were not seriously injured. Gillespie told rescue...

• Deputy Injured in Rollover Accident

  Christina Cole | March 17, 2007 4:45 PM | 0 CommentsPortland, OR

  A Polk County Sheriff's Deputy was involved in a car accident today that left him with minor injuries when his patrol car tried to avoid another vehicle and ended up rolling into a field several times. The Deputy was taken to Salem Memorial Hospital where he was treated and released. He was traveling north on U.S.99 with his lights flashing and siren on, pursuing a vehicle many miles ahead that...

• Man Crashes into Tree, Charged with DUI

  Christina Cole | March 13, 2007 4:35 PM | 0 CommentsPortland, OR

  Oregon State Police is charging a Depoe Bay man with driving under the influence after he crashed his car into a tree on Highway 18, just west of Grand Ronde.The 54-year-old man suffered minor injuries when his car veered off the eastbound shoulder of the road and crashed into a tree. The accident happened on Sunday at 3:18p.m.Witnesses saw the driver of the car was driving erratically prior to...

• University of Oregon Student Dies in Hit-and-Run

  Christina Cole | March 06, 2007 12:16 PM | 0 CommentsPortland, OR

  A University of Oregon student struck by a hit-and-run driver near campus has died from injuries sustained in the accident.The accident occurred Sunday morning. He suffered from severe head injuries and a broken leg. On Monday he died at Sacred Heart Medical Center.Witnesses tell officials a dark Cadillac sedan was seen leaving the scene of the accident. Police found the car late Sunday and it...