Forest Grove Motorcycle Accident: One dead after Sunday motorcycle-car crash near Forest Grove.
The Oregon State Police said that one person was killed Sunday afternoon close to Forest Grove in what seemed to be a motorcycle-car collision.
Highway 47 near SW Spring Hill Road was closed for several hours due to the accident. It’s unclear if any other people were injured.
According to Forest Grove fire authorities, the crash was the subject of investigations by the Oregon State Police, the Washington County Sheriff’s Office, and the Oregon Department of Transportation.
There were no other details available right away.
Investigation is ongoing.
Location Guide
Forest Grove is a city in Washington County, Oregon, United States, 25 miles (40 km) west of Portland. Originally a small farm town, it is now primarily a commuter town in the Portland metro area. Settled in the 1840s, the town was platted in 1850, then incorporated in 1872, making it the first city in Washington County. The population was 21,083 at the 2010 census, an increase of 19.1% over the 2000 figure (17,708).
Located in the Tualatin Valley, Oregon routes 8, and 47 pass through Forest Grove with 47 and 8 signed as the Tualatin Valley Highway south and east of the main part of the city, respectively, Oregon Route 8 signed as Gales Creek Road west of the city, and Oregon Route 47 signed as the Nehalem Highway north of the city.
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