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...

• 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...

• 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...

• 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...

• 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...

• 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...

• 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...

• Woman Struck by Police Car

  Christina Cole | February 19, 2007 7:34 PM | 0 CommentsPortland, OR

  A woman is in critical condition at OHSU Hospital after she was hit by a Beaverton police officer's patrol car on his way to help another fellow officer.Police are yet to release the name of the officer that has been put on paid administrative leave pending an investigation by the Washington County Crash Analysis Reconstruction Team. The woman was walking with her brother across Tualatin Valley...

• Jarrett Jack Injured in Car Accident

  Christina Cole | January 13, 2007 9:22 PM | 0 CommentsPortland, OR

  Jarrett Jack, Portland Trail Blazers guard, suffered from a concussion in a car accident on Friday and he won't be playing in tonight's game against Sacramento.Jack was in a car accident outside the team's practice facility in Tualatin, Oregon. He was taken to the hospital for observation and diagnosed with a concussion. It has yet to be announced how much time Jack will miss.