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BLY MOUNTAIN, Ore. - On Monday, January 25, 2021, at approximately 3:00 P.M., Oregon State Police Troopers and emergency personnel responded to a single-vehicle crash on Oregon Highway 140E near milepost 32.
Read MoreKLAMATH COUNTY, Ore. - On Thursday, January 21, 2021, at approximately 8:05 A.M., Oregon State Police Troopers and emergency personnel responded to a two-vehicle collision on Hwy 140W near milepost 43 [approximately between Varney Creek Road and Mountain Lakes Drive].
Read MoreKLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - At approximately 5:30 PM yesterday evening [July 15, 2020] a wildfire broke out in the rough terrain above the lake on Spence Mountain. When firefighters arrived on scene the fire had already grown to approximately 1/2 acre.
Read MoreKLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - Yesterday afternoon the Spence Fire broke out 15-miles northwest of Klamath Falls on Spence Mountain near OR-140. Initial data indicated the fire at 1-2 acres and had produced a dense vertical column of smoke visible across much of the north side of the Basin.
Read MoreLAKE COUNTY, Ore. - On Wednesday, November 8, 2019, at approximately 5:03 AM Oregon State Police Troopers and emergency personnel responded to a single-vehicle crash on Oregon Highway 140 west near milepost 74 north of Drews Reservoir.
Read MoreOregon State Police is continuing the investigation into Thursday morning’s crash on Highway 140W near Klamath Falls.
On May 9, 2019, at about 10:00 AM, OSP troopers and first responders were dispatched to a two vehicle fatal crash on Highway 140W near milepost 66, approximately a mile west of the Running Y Ranch.
Read MoreOn Monday, March 19, 2019, at approximately 3:54 P.M. Oregon State Police and emergency personnel responded to the report of a two vehicle crash on Hwy 140 and the intersection of Bliss Rd.
Read MoreA two-vehicle head-on crash occurred Friday, March 1, 2019, just after 6:00 PM along Highway 140 west of Klamath Falls, Ore.
Minutes before the crash, a driving complaint had been called into 9-1-1 on a Chevrolet Silverado reportedly driving in the oncoming lane. Shortly thereafter, a second call came into 9-1-1 reporting the crash near Varney Creek Road in Rocky Point.
Read MoreOn Christmas Day, Katherine Jo Maxwell, 39 of Klamath Falls was traveling westbound on Oregon Highway 140 west of Klamath Falls. Near mile marker 58, Maxwell lost control on the icy roadway causing her Ford Five Hundred to slide into Upper Klamath Lake where it became partially submerged.
Read MoreOn Thursday, October 4, 2018, at approximately 5:00pm, Oregon State Police Troopers and emergency personnel responded to a two vehicle crash on Highway 140 near milepost 14.5 in Jackson County.
Preliminary investigation revealed that a Dodge Neon, operated by Richard Cota (37) of Bonanza, was traveling eastbound, in the westbound lane, passing eastbound vehicles at a high rate of speed in a no-passing zone.
Read MoreOn December 6, 2017, at about 11:51 p.m., Oregon State Police (OSP) Troopers responded to a report of a single-vehicle crash on Highway 140 (Warner Highway), 44 miles east of Klamath Falls in Klamath County.
Preliminary investigation revealed that a 1999 Ford F150 pickup, operated by Carol Lynn Peterson, age 26, of Bonanza, was westbound when for unknown reasons, left the roadway and overturned. Peterson was ejected from the vehicle and died from injuries sustained in the crash.
On November 22, 2017 at approximately 9:30 AM, Troopers from the Central Point Area Command responded to a 2 vehicle crash on Highway 140 near milepost 22 that had both lanes blocked. The incident location is in Jackson County and is approximately 25 miles east of Medford.
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