Crime & Safety
Michigan Woman Killed In Rural Oregon Car Crash: Sheriff
Three people were involved in a car crash in southern Clackamas County on Memorial Day. The car's other two male occupants were injured.
MOLALLA, OR — A 20-year-old woman from Michigan was killed and two men from Molalla were hurt when their car crashed and rolled several times on a rural road off Highway 213 in Clackamas County on Memorial Day.
The three people involved in the single-car crash have not been identified.
Clackamas County Sheriff's deputies were dispatched to the 12000-block of South Dart Road just after 12:45 p.m. May 28. Multiple 911 callers reported seeing a vehicle leave the road and roll multiple times.
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Molalla police officers and firefighters and Clackamas County deputies all worked to help the injured occupants, however one person — a woman from Michigan — was pronounced dead at the scene.
The driver, an 18-year-old man, and his other passenger, a 21-year-old man, were both taken to Portland hospitals will injuries. Both men are reportedly Molalla residents.
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Though the investigation is still underway, authorities believe speed was a factor in the crash.
This post will be updated when more information about this crash is released.
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