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Monday, March 3, 2014Area:
Portland, ORThe owner of Apollo Drain & Rooter Services, Inc., the company involved in Monday’s trench collapse, said the trench was properly shored and the collapse was a 'freak accident.'
Worker Danny Russu was in an 11-foot trench in Southwest Portland with two other men Monday when the trench collapsed, burying Russu under rubble.
The owner's son and another worker, along with emergency crews, spent more than three hours working to free Russu. He was taken to Legacy Emanuel Hospital and was in serious condition in the Intensive Care Unit Tuesday.
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Monday, March 3, 2014Area:
Eugene, OROregon State Police deputies continue to investigate a serious injury two-vehicle crash on Interstate 5 near Sutherlin Tuesday night.
Shortly before 9 p.m., a 1985 Dodge pickup, driven by 30-year-old Joseph Reitmeier, of Medford, was northbound on Interstate 5 near milepost 138 when its right rear tire blew out, said Lt. Gregg Hastings , an OSP spokesman.