UPDATE #2: JUVENILE IN CUSTODY RELATED TO SERIOUS INJURY HIT & RUN CRASH - HIGHWAY 26 EAST OF GRESHAM (PHOTOS)
Posted: February 8th, 2012 5:38 PM
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UPDATE: A tip received Wednesday from Gresham Police Department related to Tuesday afternoon's two-vehicle serious injury hit and run crash on Highway 26 east of Gresham helped Oregon State Police (OSP) identify and take into custody a 14-year old Gresham-area boy Wednesday afternoon, February 8th.
OSP detectives and troopers, with the assistance of Gresham police, contacted the boy who is a student at Sam Barlow High School. Subsequent to that contact he was taken into custody for Felony Hit & Run and Unauthorized Use of a Motor Vehicle. Information developed indicates the suspect juvenile stole the van from a rural tree farm east of Gresham and was alone at the time of the traffic crash. He had no visible injury but was examined by paramedics before being transported to Donald E. Long Juvenile Detention Facility. His name is not being released at this time.
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OSP investigators would still like to hear from any witnesses to the crash or others who may have information to assist with this investigation by calling (503) 731-3030.
Previously released information includes that on February 7, 2012 at approximately 4:40 p.m. a silver 1999 Ford van was westbound on Highway 26 near milepost 18 when it drifted into the center grass median. The van's driver over-corrected, traveling back into the westbound lanes were it crashed into the driver's side of a 2009 BMW X5 sport utility vehicle. The van then continued west, across the center median where it rolled and came to rest upright across both eastbound lanes.
A witness told arriving officers that at least one person got out of the van and fled on foot. A canine led officers west toward Stone Road where the track ended.
The other vehicle's driver, DEAN JACKSON PACE, age 52, from Sandy, was seriously injured and transported by LifeFlight to Oregon Health & Sciences University. He was using safety restraints and his vehicle's airbags deployed. Family indicated his condition continues to improve.
OSP troopers from the Portland Area Command office are continuing the investigation.
OSP was assisted by Clackamas County Sheriff's Office, Multnomah County Sheriff's Office, Borng Fire Department, AMR ambulance and ODOT.
Lead investigator is Senior Trooper Dianne Roper.
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