Posts tagged Motor Vehicle Accidents

• Two Teens Die in Oregon Car Accident

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

  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-Massaging Driver

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

  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 workers that he was using his cell phone to send a text message while they were trying to release him from the demolished vehicle. He has been charged with drunken driving and careless driving. It is...

• Deputy Injured in Rollover Accident

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

  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 Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  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 Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  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...

• Man Dies after Crashing into Farm Vehicle

  Christina Cole | March 01, 2007 10:57 PM | 0 CommentsPortland, OR Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A man died after the car he was driving smashed into the back of a farm truck on Highway 6. The man died from the severe injuries sustained during the car accident.The man was traveling west on Highway 6, at approximately 6:45am when the accident happened, Oregon State Police say.The Toyota 2-door car crashed into the back of a westbound Oregon Road Runner hay squeeze (a farm implement.) He told...

• Woman Struck by Police Car

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

  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...

• 2 Portland Women Die in Car Wreck

  Christina Cole | February 13, 2007 10:37 PM | 0 CommentsPortland, OR Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Two Portland women were killed and a third injured on Sunday when their vehicle was hit by a car that was traveling the wrong way on Interstate 5. According to Oregon State Police, the women were members of the Eugene Symphony and were on their way home from rehearsal. The driver of the car going the wrong way on the interstate has been arrested on manslaughter charges and is currently being...

• Hit & Run Crash Injures Man

  Christina Cole | February 03, 2007 11:27 PM | 0 CommentsPortland, OR Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A Portland man is recovering from serious injury after, police say, another driver collided into his vehicle and then left the scene of the accident.The driver of the SUV left the scene which seriously injured a Portland man, say police. Sergeant Brian Schmautz with the Portland Police said police responded to a 2-car crash just before 3:00am on Saturday.Fire crews arrived on scene to find...

• Jarrett Jack Injured in Car Accident

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

  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.