A Life Flight Network helicopter flies over Gales Creek toward the crash on Sunday, September 12. Photo: Chas Hundley An Oregon City resident is the latest person killed in a vehicle crash on Highway 6 between Banks and Tillamook this summer. According to the Oregon State Police, the crash occurred[Read More…]
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Fatal crash near Coast Range summit closes Highway 6
Highway 6 closed A fatal crash near the Coast Range summit has resulted in the closure of Highway 6. According to the Oregon Department of Transportation’s Tripcheck, the crash is located near mile post 33. A Life Flight helicopter is en route to the location. The Washington County Sherriff’s Office[Read More…]
Two people die over weekend on Highway 6
The junction of Highways 6 and 8 in Gales Creek on February 24, 2021. Photo: Chas Hundley Two people are the latest killed in a crash on the Wilson River Highway stretching from Banks to Tillamook after a collision on Saturday. The two-vehicle crash was located in Tillamook County near[Read More…]
Crash on Highway 6 results in The Dalles resident’s death
A Life Flight helicopter lands on Highway 6 on July 26, 2021. Photo: Forest Grove Fire & Rescue Highway 6 was closed for most of Monday morning following a fatal crash near the Coast Range summit west of Glenwood. According to Forest Grove Fire & Rescue, the crash occurred near[Read More…]
Highway 6 closed after serious crash east of summit
A Life Flight helicopter lands on Highway 6 on July 26, 2021. Photo: Forest Grove Fire & Rescue Update: The highway has reopened, according to the Oregon Department of Transportation. A crash east of the summit of the Coast Range on Highway 6 closed the Wilson River Highway Monday morning. [Read More…]
Tractor driver rescued after being trapped overnight near Timmerman Road
A Life Flight helicopter lands on Highway 6 near Timmerman Road to transport the driver of a tractor involved in a rollover crash on June 8. Photo: Forest Grove Fire & Rescue Emergency crews were dispatched to reports of a fall patient on Timmerman Road Tuesday after 9 a.m., but[Read More…]
Tillamook man killed in crash west of Glenwood
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…]
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…]