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A man is dead after he was hit by a train in Sherwood Monday night, according to the Washington County Sheriff’s office.
The man was walking along the railroad tracks near Southwest Tonquin Road and Tonquin Loop around 11:30 p.m. when he was hit, police said.
The Pacific & Western Railroad engineer told investigators he saw the victim and tried to stop, but the train still hit him.
Investigators had not yet identified the man or determined why he was on the tracks.
A major crash team was investigating.
An 18-year-old driver and her 19-year-old passenger were killed in a crash on Highway 47 north of Forest Grove Monday morning, officials said.
Driver Kiden Dilla, 18, and passenger Ayan Osman, 19, were killed in the crash. The two young women were students at Pacific University in Forest Grove.
Brad Hodges was driving just a short distance behind the victims' vehicle and saw the terrible crash.
"It was a big bang and everything just slid," he said. “I wish there was more I could do, I really do. I wish I could have done something more.”
A motorcylist died Monday morning after a collision at Southwest Cedar Hills Boulevard and Huntington Avenue.
Adam Jarman, 35, died following the 8:30 a.m. crash, said Beaverton police.
A preliminary investigation shows that Jarman was trying to pass a car in the right lane and hit a VW stopped in the left lane to turn onto Huntington, Rowe said. He was thrown from the bike and slid into the right lane, where he was struck by a silver Mazda.
Jarman was pronounced dead at the scene.