Crime & Safety

Oregon City Rescue: Clackamas Deputies Save Woman From River

A woman's car went over an embankment just after 12 a.m. Friday. the car landed partially in the river. the woman is hospitalized.

A woman's car went over an embankment in Oregon City and she had to be rescued by deputies.
A woman's car went over an embankment in Oregon City and she had to be rescued by deputies. (Clackamas County Sheriff's Office)

OREGON CITY, OR — A woman is in the hospital her car went over an embankment in Oregon City. It happened just after 12 on Friday morning.

The Clackamas County Sheriff's Office says that the woman's car left South Clackamas River Driver just east of Riverside Park and ended up partially in the Clackamas River.


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The sheriff's office sent their Swift Water Rescue Team, which used their newly activated boat to get her out of the car and get her to safety.

The woman, who was the only person in the car, was seriously injured.

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