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.
The Washington County Sheriff's Office assisted the Oregon State Police on Sunday evening in stopping a BMW driver traveling at about 120 mph on Highway 6, deflating the vehicle's tires with a spike trap between Banks and Gales Creek.
Highway 6 is blocked by a fallen tree, the Oregon Department of Transportation said. According to tripcheck.com, the location is near Hartmann Drive near the Killen Wetlands.
Highway 6 was back down to one lane Thursday morning. "With similar and further sinking this morning, we expect to flag traffic until the lane can be stabilized, and the surface repaired," ODOT said in a statement. "This means the lane closure may last beyond today."
Both lanes of Highway 6 at milepost 35 are fully open, a spokesperson for the Oregon Department of Transportation said in an email to this newspaper at 3:45 p.m.
Highway 6, down to one lane since early Wednesday morning after the westbound lane at milepost 35 dropped several inches is expected to be fully reopened by 2 p.m. Wednesday, an ODOT spokesperson said.
Highway 6 is reduced to one lane at milepost 35 according to the Washington County Sheriff’s Office for what the Oregon Department of Transportation described as a sunken grade.
"How many wrecks and deaths will it take before ODOT gets serious about the dangerous condition of this road," writes Tillamook property owner Ginny Van Loo in a letter to the editor.
