Crime & Safety
Early Morning Crash Traps Driver, Closes Roads
Traffic expected to be affected for hours - through much of Tuesday afternoon.
An early morning crash on Halsey near 183rd in Gresham trapped a driver for hours.
The driver - whose semi-truck had been hit by a Honda Accord straight on - was not injured.
But a power line fell on his truck trapping him until power could be turned off.
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The driver of the Accord and three others were take to hospitals.
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Only one had serious injuries.
Gresham Police say the crash - which happened just before 3:00 Tuesday morning - is expected to take up to ten hours to get clear.
Police say that the Accord was going at a "high rate of speed when it veered across four lanes of traffic into the truck.
The driver of the Accord has been identified as 24-year-old Benjamin Crawford of Gladstone. He has since been released and is not in custody as the investigation continues.
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