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Most recent accident reports

Date Type
Tue, 06/28/2022 Aircraft Accident Male pilot dies when his small plane crashes as he headed back towards the airport shortly after take off in Vancouver, Washington
Sun, 09/07/2014 Train Accident Charles Kellogg, 80, killed in crash between Escalade and Amtrak train on Southeast Evergreen Highway
Mon, 01/26/2015 Train Accident 17-year-old Evergreen student killed after being hit by train at Southeast 164th Avenue and Rivershore Drive in Vancouver, Washington
Tue, 01/28/2014 Train Accident John Davis cited for speeding after two car crash off I-5 exit in Clark County.
Sun, 01/12/2014 Bus Accident 3 slightly injured, including 2 students, when car crashes head-on into school bus.
Sat, 07/29/2017 Pedestrian Accident Woman, 28, and 2 children seriously injured when struck by teen driver in Safeway parking lot in Vancouver, Washington
Tue, 10/08/2013 Pedestrian Accident Female pedestrian and dog injured in accident on NE Hazel Dell Ave in Vancouver on Oct 9
Fri, 01/26/2018 Pedestrian Accident Pedestrian injured in hit-and-run collision at East 13th Street and Daniels Street in Vancouver, Washington
Wed, 03/12/2014 Pedestrian Accident Cody T. Robinson, 20, seriously injured, taken to hospital, after he is struck, by a hit and run driver in a white SUV, while crossing an intersection in Vancouver.
Tue, 01/21/2020 Pedestrian Accident Two minors killed in pedestrian collision at Northeast 112th Avenue and 23rd Street in Vancouver, Washington
Wed, 09/02/2020 Pedestrian Accident Pedestrian killed in hit-and-run collision at East Mill Plain Boulevard and Grand Boulevard in Vancouver, Washington
Mon, 10/20/2014 Pedestrian Accident Kelcie Huntley, 15, hit by school bus on East McLoughlin Boulevard and Grand Boulevard in Vancouver, Washington
Fri, 10/31/2014 Pedestrian Accident Cadence Boyer, 7, killed after entire trick-or-treating group struck by car driven by Duane Abbott, 47, who admitted to DUI in East Vancouver, WA; group consisted of a 6-year-old girl, Cadence Boyer, 7, Chelina M. Alsteen, 30, and Annie Boyer, 32
Tue, 05/14/2013 Pedestrian Accident Teenage girl, Haley Herbert, injured when hit by car on Falk Rd near Eleanor Roosevelt Elementary on May 15
Thu, 01/05/2023 Pedestrian Accident Boris P. Perchatkin, 46, injured in hit and run crash on Highway 500 in Vancouver, Washington