Flames engulfed two vehicles after a deadly crash west of Glenwood on Feb. 3, 2021. No one was in either truck when the fire engulfed the vehicles. Photo: Forest Grove Fire & Rescue A Tillamook man died in a head-on collision between a log truck and a pickup truck about[Read More…]
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Highway 6 closed after fatal crash
Photo from the scene courtesy Forest Grove Fire & Rescue A fatal crash closed Highway 6 one mile west of the Timber Rd. junction, according to the Washington County Sheriff’s Office. Forest Grove Fire & Rescue said that flames had engulfed two vehicles involved in the crash near milepost 37,[Read More…]
Friday crash near Glenwood results in rescue for driver after 5 hours
Photo: Forest Grove Fire & Rescue Editor’s note: Due to human error, this update to an earlier story was not published to our website over the weekend, so here it is now! Power went out for some residents in Glenwood and Gales Creek on Friday, November 6 around 3 a.m.,[Read More…]
Crash closes Highway 6 east of Glenwood
Photo from the scene courtesy WCSO Update, 9:55 a.m.: The Washington County Sheriff’s Office says that the truck has been removed and that ODOT flaggers are starting to direct traffic through the scene. A crash involving one vehicle and a tree has closed Highway 6 roughly one mile east of[Read More…]
Deputies search for suspected driver of stolen vehicle near Shearer Hill Road
The Washington County Sheriff’s Office near Hillside. Photo: Washington County Sheriff’s Office HILLSIDE – According to the Washington County Sheriff’s Office, the suspected driver of a Dodge Challenger stolen out of Forest Grove is on the run in the NW Shearer Hill Road area south of Highway 6 after smashing[Read More…]
Kansas City man struck in hit-and-run near Forest Grove
Photo from the scene: Washington County Sheriff’s Office KANSAS CITY – An 81-year-old resident of the Kansas City community north of Forest Grove was struck by a blue car while checking his mailbox Saturday afternoon, deputies with the Washington County Sheriff’s Office say. According to a press release from the[Read More…]
School bus driver involved in earlier crash arrested on DUI charge
Photo: Washington County Sheriff’s Office. HAGG LAKE AREA – After a school bus with ten Forest Grove School District students on board crashed near Hagg Lake today, deputies from the Washington County Sheriff’s Office have arrested the bus driver and charged him with a DUI. According to a press release[Read More…]
Forest Grove School District bus crashes between Dilley and Gaston
The bus’ front end was impacted by an untimely meeting with a ditch. Photo: WCSO GASTON – No one was injured after a bus transporting Forest Grove School District students left the road and crashed between Gaston and Dilley on Wednesday morning. As first reported by the Forest Grove News[Read More…]
Highway 6 closed at summit for crash
The semi overturned on Highway 6, spilling lumber onto the highway. Photo: Forest Grove Fire & Rescue TILLAMOOK STATE FOREST – According to the Oregon Department of Transportation, the Wilson River Highway — signed as Highway 6 — was closed at the summit of the coast range on the Tillamook[Read More…]
Fatal crash closes Gales Creek Road near David Hill Road
Emergency crews and law enforcement prepare a stretcher to transport an injured patient from their vehicle. Photo: Chas Hundley GALES CREEK – At least two people were injured and one person was killed in a two vehicle crash on Gales Creek Road near David Hill Road around 11:30 a.m. Tuesday[Read More…]