Accident

Date: January 16, 2010
Location: U.S. 26 near Sandy, Oregon
Names: Alam Salois, Reginald Boyle

State police are looking for witnesses to a pedestrian accident that occurred January 16, 2010, in which a Southeast Portland man was seriously injured as he tried to cross Highway 26 on foot.

According to an OSP press release, Alam Salois, 31, was trying to cross the busy highway near Sandy, Oregon, around 7:50 PM. He was hit by a car driven by Reginald Boyle, 77, of Sandy. Salois was taken to Legacy Emanuel Medical Center with serious injuries. Boyle, who was using safety restraints, was not injured in the crash.
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The Gresham Outlook posted this story about the community of family, friends, and neighbors that is pulling for hit-and-run victim Jerome Calcagno. Calcagno was hit while crossing the road in October. To our knowledge, the driver never stopped.

Let’s grow this already large community to include those who are concerned about tragedy, and let’s find the person who did this. Hit-and-run accidents are inexcusable. Accidents happen, but this is all the more unfortunate because Calcagno was a pedestrian and had no source of protection from the impact. And no matter what the excuse may be, there is absolutely NEVER a reason to leave the scene after an accident.

Please, if you know anything, contact the police at 503-618-2719.

Date: October 29, 2009
Location: NE 201st Ave. & Sandy Blvd.
Names: Jerome Calcagno

Gresham police need help finding the driver who was involved in a hit-and-run accident involving a pedestrian on October 29, 2009. Jerome Calcagno, 79, of Gresham, was crossing the street at NE 201st Avenue & Sandy Boulevard when a vehicle struck him, police say.
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Date: October 14, 2009
Location: U.S. 95, south of Jordan Valley, Oregon
Names: Ron Tibbett, Joseph Geary

Sadness spread over the small eastern Oregon town of Jordan Valley on October 14, 2009, after a tragic rollover crash took the lives of two Idaho men, and killed the two dogs in their vehicle. Ron Tibbett, 46, of Wilder, Idaho, and Joseph Geary, 50, of Marsing, Idaho, were both dead at the scene.

The accident occurred just before 10:30 PM, as the two men drove north on U.S. 95, near Burns Junction, south of Jordan Valley, Oregon. First, the truck veered onto the southbound shoulder of the highway, investigators said. Tibbett tried to steer back onto the road, but overcorrected and hit a fog marker. The truck then slid sideways across the road and rolled several times, ending up in a nearby field. Tibbett and Geary, neither of whom was wearing a seat belt, were thrown from the truck. There were also two dogs in the vehicle, and both of them were killed in the crash.

The Malheur County Sheriff’s Office, Jordan Valley Ambulance and the Oregon Department of Transportation assisted at the scene. As of October 15, Oregon State Police troopers and a collision reconstructionist were investigating the accident. The Malheur County Sheriff’s Office was also helping in the investigation.

We are deeply saddened by this tragic accident, and our hearts go out to Tibbett’s and Geary’s families. This is a profound loss. We add our thoughts and prayers to those of their friends and family during this difficult time, and we hope the investigation will lead to some answers. Even though knowing what happened doesn’t ease the pain, it can calm the mind.

Many questions arise out of a car crash. And unfortunately, our minds don’t often focus on recovering; they usually go directly to the financial – medical bills, insurance policies, lost wages. How will you and your family get through it? Fortunately, victims have resources. That’s why we’re here. We’re not ambulance chasers; we’re lawyers who feel it is our duty to help injured people deal with the insurance companies. And the first thing you should do after getting the medical help you need is to go to our website – not to give us your business, but to read our free tips, download helpful documents, or request a free copy of our book. And if that’s not enough, you can always contact us to ask us any questions.

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Date: October 15, 2009
Location: Oregon Highway 370 (O’Neil Highway), Prineville, Oregon
Names: [Unknown]

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Oregon State Police are asking the public’s help in finding the person who stole a pickup truck, crashed it into a guardrail west of Prineville, Oregon, and fled the scene, leaving the truck partly submerged in an irrigation canal.
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Date: October 12, 2009
Location: Forest Court, Veneta, Oregon
Names: Anna Baker

In a devastatingly bizarre accident, a Lane County, Oregon, woman died October 12, 2009, after being run over by a garbage truck. Anna Baker, 62, of Veneta, was killed in the nightmarish event that left her unnoticed in the road until a neighbor saw her and called paramedics.

Deputies believe a County Transfer recycling truck ran over Baker, on Forest Court in Veneta, sometime during the morning of October 12.

The neighbor who found her was on his way to the store when he noticed something in the road. Initially, he thought it was a pile of rags, but as he drew nearer, he realized it was a badly injured woman. Baker was still alive, but died shortly after paramedics reached the scene.

Baker was known as a friendly woman who often came out to talk to garbage employees. Lieutenant Byron Trapp told KMTR.com, “They do say she frequently comes out and says hi and visits and chats with them.”

County Transfer is cooperating with the investigation.

The Lane County Sheriff’s Office asks that anyone with information on the case contact them at 541-682-4141.

Our hearts and prayers go out to the friends and family of Anna Baker, and the community she seemed to have loved being a part of. This is an unbelievable and heartbreaking story. We realize how horrible this must be for everyone who knew her, and for the workers who talked to her almost every day. Our condolences fail in a situation like this, but know that you are in our thoughts.

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