Seriously Injured

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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Date: January 17, 2010
Location: Highway 126E near Vida, Oregon
Names: Candace Lee Chitty, Jacob A. Curtis

Candace Lee Chitty, 63, of Eugene, Oregon, was seriously injured in a head-on crash after a car driven by Jacob A. Curtis, 19, of Eugene, crossed the center line and hit another car on Highway 126E near Vida, Oregon, according to an OSP press release.

The crash occurred around 4:10 PM on January 17, 2010. Curtis was westbound on the highway near milepost 23 when his car crossed into the eastbound lane and slammed into Chitty’s car.
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Date: January 16, 2010
Location: U.S. 101 near Florence, Oregon
Names: Han Kim, David Chai, Esther King, Bin Seo, Minhye Park, Brandon Schooley, Nicholas Torres, Samantha Frese, Felicia Baldwin

In a devastating head-on crash January 16, 2010, nine people in two cars were injured, three of them seriously, according to The Oregonian.

The crash took place around 3:40 PM on U.S. Highway 101 near Florence, Oregon, as Brandon Schooley, 19, of Eugene was driving north on the highway. As he attempted to negotiate a sharp turn, his car crossed the center line and crashed head-on into a car driven by Han Kim, 25, also of Eugene.
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Date: October 2, 2009
Location: Highway 99E, Brooks, Oregon
Names: Abimeal Jaime, Dvane H. Wood

According to The Oregonian, Abimeal Jaime, 27, of Keizer, Oregon, was seriously injured in a collision with a truck driven by Dvane H. Wood, 45, of Damascus, Oregon. The accident occurred October 2, 2009, around 3:30 AM.

Jaime was traveling north on Highway 99E, in Brooks, Oregon, when his 1999 Honda Civic veered into southbound traffic and crashed into a Freightliner truck driven by Wood. An ambulance transported Jaime to Salem Hospital. Wood, who was wearing a seat belt, was not hurt in the wreck; it was not known whether Jaime was using passenger restraints.

The Oregon State Police are investigating the possibility that alcohol was a factor in the wreck.

Responding to the crash were state police officials, the Marion County Fire District, and the Oregon Department of Transportation. The accident closed down the highway for about three hours.

Our thoughts go out to the family and friends of Jaime and Wood during this difficult time. This was a tragedy that never should have happened.

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Date: September 29, 2009
Location: SE 136th Avenue and Stark Street, Portland
Names: Jeffrey Ruppel, Robert King

Alcohol may have been a factor in a head-on collision that seriously injured a member of the film crew for the reality television show COPS, which was filming in Portland. On September 29, 2009, at about 9 PM, a police car driven by East Precinct Officer Jeffrey Ruppel was hit head-on by a vehicle, driven by Robert King, 53, that had veered into the wrong lane. According to The Oregonian, police suspect King of driving under the influence of alcohol, but he had not yet been cited. One of the passengers in the police car sustained serious head injuries; he remained hospitalized as of September 30.
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