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. As of 9 a.m., the highway remains closed.According to Forest Grove Fire & Rescue, the crash occurred near mile marker 34 around 6:50 a.m. Monday. One patient was transported by Life Flight Network, with a helicopter landing on the highway to transport a patient to a trauma hospital with serious injuries.
Oregon State Police is investigating the crash, which will result in a several-hours road closure. The Oregon Department of Transportation has road closures at Timber Road, the Gales Creek Road junction, and at Highway 47. Also aiding on scene were Metro West Ambulance, Banks Fire District, the Washington County Sheriffs Office, and the Tillamook County Sheriffs Office.For up to date highway closure information, visit tripcheck.com.
The Hillsboro Police Department identified a motorcycle driver killed in a crash in Hillsboro on Monday as Forest Grove resident Carlos Andres Marquez-Vargas, age 20.
A Garibaldi woman is dead after a Washington driver drove into oncoming traffic on Highway 6 just west of the Washington and Tillamook County line Friday, Oregon State Police said.
Oregon State Police say a pedestrian on Highway 6 died after entering the roadway and being struck by a semi-truck on Highway 6 about three miles west of the Tillamook and Washington County line on Tuesday.
A crash in Glenwood snarled Labor Day weekend traffic for up to three miles and resulted in minor injuries to at least four people, Forest Grove Fire & Rescue said Saturday.
A proposed toll road linking Forest Grove and Tillamook faced opposition, but Gales Creek residents would take any road they could get, according to a 1925 newspaper article.
"County Jail Filled to Overflow With Arrests Made" including Ernest Narver, Frank Kearns, Thomas Young, and Roy Kearns, all arrested at Balm Grove on liquor possession charges in Prohibition-era Gales Creek.
People are shooting exploding targets and firing hot lead into dry vegetation in the Tillamook Forest with predictable results: Five wildfires since May. These fires are all preventable, said Acting Forest Grove District Forester Stephanie Beall.
