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UPDATE: Search Underway for Man Missing from Campsite

The missing man has been found safe.

(SANDY, Ore. ) - The Clackamas County Sheriff's Office Search and Rescue team is currently conducting a search for a missing 55-year-old man who suffers from dementia and other medical issues.

Monday morning at about 6:30 a.m., the Clackamas County Sheriff's Office was dispatched to Dodge Park at 11021 SE. Lusted Rd, which is in unincorporated Clackamas County, to search for a reported missing endangered person.

Craigslist Ad for Car Turns Out to be Front for Armed Robbery

The suspects are described only as two white males, possibly in their 20's, wearing dark clothing and dark masks.

(BORING, Ore. ) - The Clackamas County Sheriff's Office is asking for the public's help in locating the suspects involved in an armed robbery of a man, and his family, who were going to purchase a used car he found on Craigslist.

When the victim and his family arrived at a Boring, Ore. gas station at about 10:30 p.m., the seller called and told him to drive to "his" nearby home. When they arrived the victim noticed that the home was dark. They stopped in front of the home, and when they did they were confronted by two armed men with semi-automatic handguns.

Driver Identified in Fatal High Speed Crash Near Boring

The cause of the crash is unknown at this time, though witnesses report the car was going very fast.

(BORING, OR) - The driver in a single car fatal crash near Boring Wednesday, has been identified as 32-year old Young Wesley West, Jr., of Portland.

Crash Involving Wrong Way Driver Kills One, Injures Four

Fatal traffic crash happened in Highway 26 in the Boring area.

(BORING, Ore.) - Oregon State Police troopers are investigating a two-vehicle head-on crash involving a wrong way driver Friday afternoon on a stretch of Highway 26 in the Boring area. Lieutenant Gregg Hastings with OSP, says one person was killed and four others injured.

Preliminary investigation indicates on December 18, 2009 at approximately 5:35 p.m. reports were coming in regarding a wrong way driver traveling eastbound in the westbound lanes of Highway 26 near Boring.

Three Vehicle Crash on Highway 26 Involves Bus Packed With 20 Kids

Police say the roadway was covered in snow and ice at the time of the crash.

(BORING, Ore.) - Police say nobody was injured Sunday morning when a pair of passenger cars crashed into a bus with 20 kids aboard. It happened on westbound Highway 26 at approximately 7:30 a.m. according to Oregon State Police.

OSP spokesman Lieutenant Gregg Hastings, says the crash happened when a red passenger car near milepost 18 lost control, slid across the center grass median and crashed head-on into a blue passenger vehicle and a RAZ Transportation bus occupied by about 20 juveniles enroute to the Mt. Hood area.

Hastings says the bus driver, 44-year old Roger Peterson of southeast Portland, attempted to avoid the crash, crossed over the median and ended up in the westbound lanes.

Clackamas Sheriff Reports Fatal ATV Incident in Boring

‏The Clackamas County Deputy Medical Examiner was summoned to the scene to investigate and recovered the deceased for forensic examination.

(BORING, Ore.) - Early this morning at 1:47 AM, neighbors discovered the body of a 51-year-old man situated on the ground next to his ATV in the 15000 block of SE 362nd Avenue.

Clackamas County Sheriff's Deputies, Sandy Police and Sandy Fire rescue personnel responded to the scene and confirmed the discovery of this deceased male and resident of Boring.

Clackamas County Sheriff's Deputies investigating this apparent accident indicate neighbors in the area witnessed this ATV traveling at a high rate of speed prior to the discovery of the deceased along the roadway.

Drivers Escape Injury in Commercial Truck Crash Near Boring

The highway was covered with snow and ice when the crash happened.

(BORING, Ore.) - Two commercial truck drivers escaped injury Monday morning during a collision on Highway 26 west of Highway 212 near Boring.

Oregon State Police Recruit Scott McLeod says this morning around 8:19 AM, a commercial truck was parked on the south shoulder eastbound Highway 26 near milepost 20.

The truck's driver, 43-year old Scott Smithson, was outside the truck cleaning his windows when the back of the trailer was hit by an eastbound commercial truck driven by 50-year old Katrina Neilsen, McLeod said.

Boring Woman Dies in Highway 26 Crash East of Sandy

The passengers in the other vehicle were seriously injured.

(BORING, Ore.) - Police say a Boring-area woman died Friday night when the car she was driving crossed into the opposite lanes of travel on Highway 26 about four miles east of Sandy and collided head-on with another vehicle.

Police say the woman's vehicle was westbound on Highway 26 when for an unknown reason, it crossed the centerline into the right eastbound lane where it crashed head-on with a Hyundai Tucson sport utility vehicle.