The junction of Highways 6 and 8 in Gales Creek on February 24, 2021. Photo: Chas Hundley
Two people are the latest killed in a crash on the Wilson River Highway stretching from Banks to Tillamook after a collision on Saturday. The two-vehicle crash was located in Tillamook County near mile marker 30, about three miles west of the Coast Range Summit. According to the Oregon State Police (OSP), emergency personnel and police responded to the crash just after 1 p.m. Saturday, July 31. The preliminary investigation conducted by OSP showed that Gary Thornock, 50, of Provo, Utah was driving a Ford F350 eastbound on Highway 6 when Thornock crossed into the westbound lane and struck a GMC Sierra pickup driven by Jason Pierce, 43, of Fairview. Inside the GMC were three passengers; an adult and two minors. In the Ford, three youths were passengers. Pierce and one of the youths were killed in what the Tillamook County Sheriff's Office described as a "head-on" collision. The adult passenger and other youth were transported to Portland-area hospitals with serious injuries. Thornock and two passengers were not transported for injuries from the area of the crash; one passenger was. In addition to OSP, the Tillamook County Sheriff’s Office, Tillamook Fire & Rescue, Forest Grove Fire & Rescue, Banks Fire District, and the Oregon Department of Transportation aided at the scene.
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 two-vehicle crash on Highway 47 just north of Greenville Road on Wednesday evening led to the arrest of a Banks man on charges of DUII, reckless driving and assault.
Helicopters, ambulances, and local fire agencies converged Saturday night on the scene of a two-vehicle fatal crash on Highway 26 near milepost 31, an area west of the Four County Point area.
More than a hundred teachers and staff from Banks' three public schools gathered in the Banks Elementary School cafeteria Aug. 19 for a breakfast with their peers and school officials as another school year began. With construction, new security, and a cell phone ban looming, many changes await staf
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.
