Reckless Driving Crash

Date: July 14, 2009
Location: Highway 26, near Sandy
Names: Unknown

Salem-news.com reports that one person was critically injured as a result of an accident that occurred Tuesday afternoon on Highway 26 near Sandy.
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Date: June 16, 2009
Location: Near Exit 209 on I-84, Pendleton, OR
Type:  Car Accident
Outcome: 2 injuries (severity unknown)
Names: Unreleased

An head-on collision on I-84 near Pendleton injured two people this morning. According to the East Oregonian, a motorist driving a silver Honda Odyssey entered the eastbound side of the I-84 and then made a U-turn to head west, still in the eastbound lane. The crash happened when a westbound white Dodge pickup saw the Odyssey in the middle of its U-turn and attempted to avoid it by swerving, but could not. The vehicles hit nearly head-on just as the driver of the Honda was finishing the U-turn.
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Date: May 31, 2009
Location: Northwest Lower River Road, Vancouver, WA
Type: Car Accident
Outcome: 1 Minor Injury
Names: Andrey Runov, Clarissa Kemrer, Kelly Ehrich

Vancouver woman Kelly Ehrich, 33, had to be transported by ambulance to Legacy Salmon Creek Hospital last night after a three-vehicle crash on Northwest Lower River Road. According to The Oregonian, the crash happened when 24-year-old Andrey Runov of Portland, headed southbound, attempted to pass a car driven by Clarissa Kemrer in a no-passing zone entering a blind S-curve. Runov slammed into Ehrich’s northbound vehicle, forcing it off the roadway. Runov then collided with Kemrer’s vehicle, pushing it off the road on the west side and causing it to roll over. Vancouver police reported that Runov was driving above the 45 mph speed limit.
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