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Thursday, February 27, 2014

A man was taken by helicopter to the hospital after he was pinned under his tractor that was hit by a car Friday morning in Canby.

Just after 9 a.m., the tractor driver was moving across the road from one field to another when he was hit from behind causing the tractor to flip, said Todd Gary with the Canby Fire District.

The operator freed himself and was treated by responding firefighters. He was then taken by Life Flight to the hospital. The driver of the car was not injured.

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Friday, February 21, 2014
Two people were injured in a Milwaukie head-on crash Friday night that investigators said was alcohol related. At 7:40 p.m., two cars collided closing Johnson Creek Boulevard between Southeast Linwood Avenue and Southeast Stanley Avenue for about an hour, said the Milwaukie police. Both drivers were taken to the hospital. Police did not reveal their conditions. There were no passengers in either vehicle. Police said alcohol was likely a factor in the collision.
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Thursday, February 20, 2014

A Vancouver man was involved in a Friday morning crash that Oregon State Police say was caused by a dog in the southbound lanes of the Interstate 205 near Clackamas.

Minutes before 11:30 a.m., a couple of cars stopped for a German Shepherd in the southbound lanes of the freeway near milepost 12. Jack McKinley, 42, of Vancouver was driving a Chevrolet pickup, didn't notice the stopped vehicles and rear-ended a Mazda, which then rear-ended a Toyota before tumbling onto its top.

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Saturday, February 15, 2014

Police identified a man who died after he was shot and crashed his car Sunday morning.

Around 5 a.m., 43-year-old Edward Kelly Spangler of Grants Pass died in the 200 block of South Locust Street, according to Chief Brett Smith with Canby police.

Officers arrived to find citizens performing CPR on Spangler, who was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.

Police stated later Sunday morning that the man had suffered a gunshot wound but did not provide further details.

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Tuesday, February 11, 2014
Four people were injured in a three-vehicle traffic crash south of Molalla Wednesday morning, police said. About 11:15 a.m., Daren Baker, 53, of Oregon City was driving a Chevy pickup down South Dryland Road when he failed to stop at the Highway 213 intersection. Baker rammed into the side of Bethany Lael, 59, of Rochester who was driving a Dodge truck north along Highway 213, said the Oregon State Police.
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Monday, February 10, 2014
Two inmates in a roadside work crew were struck by a semi-truck on Interstate 5 near Wilsonville Tuesday morning, according to Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue. Witnesses said the truck driver told them he choked on coffee and then passed out before hitting the workers. One of the injured inmates was taken to Oregon Health & Science University hospital. The 40-year-old woman's injuries were serious, but did not appear to be life-threatening, according to TVF&R spokesman Piseth Pich. The other inmate was treated at the scene. Chris Sturges works nearby and helped the victims.
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Monday, February 3, 2014
A 17-year-old boy was suffering life-threatening injuries after a car crashed into a tree on icy roads in Redland Tuesday night, police said. Three people were in the car when it crashed at 15800 Redland Road just before 5:30 p.m., according to a spokesman for the Clackamas County Sheriff's Office. The teen was taken to Oregon Health & Sciences University in a helicopter. Another person was taken by ambulance to an area hospital with minor injuries.