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Sunday, December 4, 2022Area:
Portland, ORDate:
Sunday, September 27, 2015Area:
Portland, ORDate:
Friday, May 22, 2015Area:
Portland, ORAt about 2:30 a.m. Nickolas L. Johnston was racing a friend and accelerated to pass him when he lost control and struck a tree with enough force to eject the car's engine. Johnston suffered a broken leg, broken ribs, and possibly a punctured lung. Valerie Zimich was a passenger in Johnston's vehicle, and she suffered multiple broken bones and a severed right foot. Both peopel had to be extricated from the vehicle. Johnston was taken to Santiam Memorial Hospital, and Zimich was taken to Salem Hospital. Alcohol was a factor in the crash.
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Monday, January 27, 2014Area:
Portland, ORA driver, whose vehicle veered off the road and plunged through brambles into a creek front first, had to be extricated in a tricky emergency operation.
The car dove into the creek in the 6700 block of 35th Avenue Northeast, north of Keizer, about 10:30 a.m. Fire crews were called to the scene to rescue the driver, who was trapped in the vehicle.
Before they could get him out of the car, they had to clear the tangle of brush from the hillside. Crews used ladders to climb down to the car. Within 10 minutes, emergency personnel got him out.
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Sunday, November 24, 2013Area:
Portland, ORA woman was killed in a head-on crash in Southwest Portland Monday, police said. The crash occurred just before 3 p.m. at the intersection of Southwest Barbur Boulevard and Southwest Miles Street. Witnesses said the car caught fire after it collided head-on with a Portland Water Bureau truck. A Good Samaritan tried to pull the crash victim out of her burning car, but could not save her, authorities said. Police said the victim died at the scene, but they have not yet released her name. Firefighters were able to douse the flames as they spread along the nearby hillside.