Portland Car Accident Attorney Blog

A woman suffered serious personal injuries in a three-car wreck on Highway 20 near Albany, Oregon Sunday. Oregon State Police say the 64-year-old woman apparently crossed the center line and crashed into a Dodge pickup truck, east of Albany. The woman's Plymouth station wagon then struck a BMW station wagon around 2:30 Sunday afternoon. The woman had been westbound on Highway 20. The other two vehicles were each traveling eastbound.

Authorities dispatched a chopper to transport the woman to Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center in Corvallis, Oregon, due to the severity of her injuries. After arriving at Good Samaritan, the woman was placed in a ground ambulance for transport to Legacy Emanuel Medical Center in Portland, Oregon. Reports say that the woman was initially listed in critical condition in Portland.

A bicyclist was critically injured Wednesday afternoon in a Highway 212 accident in Damascus, Oregon. The 26-year-old Gresham, Oregon, resident suffered what authorities are calling significant injuries after the bicycle accident involving a minivan.

A spokesperson for the Clackamas County Sheriff's Office says that a 51-year-old Beaverton, Oregon, woman stopped in the center lane on Oregon 212 to make a left hand turn into a restaurant parking lot. She apparently waited for oncoming cars to clear, but authorities say that she struck the Gresham man on his bicycle while attempting the left-hand turn.

A Portland, Oregon man is accused of causing an injury accident on Highway 20 while driving under the influence of intoxicants. Authorities say that the 69-year-old man lost control of his pickup truck while traveling east on Highway 20 near Philomath, Oregon. The Toyota Tacoma went into the gravel on the right side of Highway 20, and police say the driver overcorrected, causing the pickup truck to roll over onto its roof.

The pickup truck began sliding upside down on the highway. A woman says that she saw a cloud of dust on the road ahead of her and she hit her brakes. Unfortunately, a 63-year-old man in a Ford van heading westbound on the highway was unable to avoid the sliding pickup truck. The upside down pickup truck slid into the path of the Ford Econoline and the two vehicles collided head-on west of Corvallis, Oregon.

Two Nehalem, Oregon, residents suffered serious personal injuries in a three car wreck along Highway 101 Wednesday afternoon. Oregon State Police say that the two were southbound on Highway 101 north of Tillamook, Oregon, in a Lexus when the driver attempted to pass a commercial vehicle. While preparing to complete the pass, the Lexus reportedly struck a guardrail along the northbound lane, leading to a chain reaction three vehicle crash.

The Lexus went out of control and began swerving before colliding head-on with a northbound motor home. A northbound Ford Ranger apparently was not able to avoid the wreckage and slammed into the side of the motor home.

The Food and Drug Administration has approved clinical trials in a new treatment protocol for spinal cord injury. Researchers say that a specific type of human cell may provide hope to spinal cord injury victims. The cells are known as "Schwann cells," which behave like stem cells.

Researchers have done studies on lab animals, including primates, and the research says that fully paralyzed animals experienced the return of function and movement in the tests. In fact the researchers say that lab animals experienced the restoration of function and movement to the tune of about a 70 percent return.

A collision between a Chevrolet Trailblazer and a Scion XB sent two people to the hospital Wednesday. The two-car accident occurred on Southwest Pacific Highway near Fischer Road near King City, Oregon. Authorities say that the Scion was crossing Highway 99W southwest of Tigard, Oregon, to enter an apartment complex when the Trailblazer crashed into the passenger side of the Scion.

A 41-year-old woman was travelling in the Scion with her 19-year-old daughter in the passenger seat. The daughter suffered the brunt of the car accident. Authorities say that the 19-year-old woman suffered potentially life-threatening injuries in the wreck.

Law enforcement has taken a 34-year-old woman in connection to a fatal hit-and-run accident Monday morning at the intersection of Crater Lake and North Pacific Highways in north Medford, Oregon. Authorities say that the woman abandoned her pickup truck at the fatal accident scene and fled on foot after the 3:40 a.m. crash.

Police believe that the woman had run a red light and slammed into a van carrying several workers who were en route to a reforestation project. Law enforcement says that the woman's pickup truck plowed into the passenger side of the van that was heading north on North Pacific Highway. The force of the impact caused the van to turn onto its side.

There can be little question that a pit bull can have tremendous power. When most people hear of an animal attack involving a dog, images of dog bites, cuts or scrapes may easily enter a person's mind. Those types of personal injuries can be severe, but in a dog attack case victims can suffer a variety of other types of injuries.

A dog attack incident in McMinnville, Oregon, last week highlights how an animal attack can leave a victim with more than just scrapes and cuts. Although dog bites can lead to death in extreme cases, the victims of last week's dog attack suffered painful non-life-threatening injuries.