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Saturday, December 21, 2013

A 16-year-old girl died and two others sustained minor injuries following a two-vehicle crash Sunday afternoon on Oregon 228 just east of Brownsville, Oregon State Police reported.

The victim's name will be released Monday, troopers said.

Troopers said the girl was driving an SUV westbound when it crossed the centerline and was struck on the left side by an eastbound tow truck.

The girl died at the scene.

Her 37-year-old mother, whose name will also be released Monday, received minor injuries, troopers said.

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Wednesday, December 18, 2013

Oregon State Police say four adults and two children were injured and State Highway 30 was temporarily closed about 10 miles east of Astoria after a head-on crash. Police say a westbound pickup driven by a 70-year-old woman crossed the centerline and collided with a car carrying three adults and two children late yesterday afternoon. The pickup driver was ejected and seriously injured. She was flown to a Portland hospital. Hastings says the car's 24-year-old male driver was also seriously hurt. The other two adults and the children received minor injuries.

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Wednesday, December 18, 2013
A Forest Grove teen pleaded guilty Thursday in connection with the crash that killed two young stepsisters playing in a pile of leaves in October. Mario Echeverria, 18, was sentenced to 13 months in prison for hindering prosecution after the crash, according to the Washington County District Attorney's office. Police said he and 18-year-old Cinthya Garcia Cisneros were driving home Oct. 20 when they hit and killed 11-year-old Abigail Robinson and 6-year-old Anna Dieter-Eckert, who were playing in the leaves near their home.
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Sunday, December 15, 2013

The driver that was killed when a vehicle went off of the roadway and over an embankment toward the Columbia River Monday night has been identified.

Mary Yakutis-Suit, 55, of Sandy was killed in a crash just before 8 p.m. on Northeast Marine Drive at Northeast 142nd Avenue, according to Portland police.
Investigators said Yakutis-Suit was likely driving west on Marine Drive and rolled down the embankment towards the Columbia River.

Emergency responders found that Yakutis-Suit had been ejected from the vehicle and died at the scene.

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Saturday, December 14, 2013

A Sunday afternoon crash that sent a Portland family to the hospital with minor injuries led to the arrests of a two Medford residents wanted on outstanding felony warrants.

The incident began shortly after 4 p.m., when Oregon State Police officers were dispatched to a hit-and-run crash involving a silver 2001 BMW X5 sport utility vehicle that reportedly clipped a semi-trailer heading northbound along Interstate 5 near milepost 204.

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Wednesday, December 11, 2013
A five-car crash on Oregon 99W near McMinville has shot down the road, Oregon State Police said. Icy conditions contributed to the accident, which occurred near milepost 41, police said. At least one person suffered minor injuries. The road has been temporarily closed.
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Tuesday, December 10, 2013
A 2-month-old child and a pair of adults dodged death when a passing driver clipped their car on an icy road near Klamath Falls on Wednesday and sent both vehicles flying into an irrigation canal, police said. Howard Kingman, of Sisters, was driving a Chevrolet Tahoe north on U.S. 97 around 1:05 p.m. when he tried to pass a Toyota Prius near milepost 264, Oregon State Police said. The 70-year-old driver lost control on the icy roadway and struck the Prius, which carried Robert Burton, 56, Bree Burton, 20, and her infant son, police said.
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Tuesday, December 10, 2013
An Oregon City woman died after she was ejected out of a friend's car that was turning onto a street in Gresham Wednesday night, police said. Peggy J. Jennen, 73, died at the scene just after 11:30 p.m., according to the Gresham Police Department. Investigators said her friend, Lisa A. Wilson, 52, of Troutdale, was driving drunk when she turned from westbound NW Division Street to southbound NW Bella Vista Place and Jennen fell out of the car.
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Monday, December 9, 2013
Two people were killed and a third seriously injured when a freight train crushed an SUV at a Klamath Falls crossing on Tuesday, police said. MacKenzie Conway, 33, was driving a 1995 Jeep Cherokee north along a gravel road parallel to the railroad tracks near U.S. 97 around 10:50 a.m., Oregon State Police said. The driver's brother, Nicholas Conway, 27, and Nicholas' wife, Kella Conway, 25, were passengers in the SUV when MacKenzie Conway tried to cross the train tracks at a marked railroad crossing near milepost 281, police said.
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Friday, December 6, 2013
Area: 
Eugene, OR
An Oregon State Police trooper was injured Friday night when his patrol car was rear-ended as he was wrapping up a traffic stop on Oregon 34 east of Corvallis. Just after 8 p.m., Trooper Don Rummer was finishing a traffic stop and got back into his patrol car when he saw a car coming from behind lose control on the snow- and ice-covered roadway. The car crashed into the back of the stopped patrol car.