Thread: OR:Two men arrested for hit-and-run crash that injured 7

Two men arrested for hit-and-run crash that injured 7 people

11:11 AM PDT on Thursday, March 27, 2008
By ANTONIA GIEDWOYN, kgw.com Staff

Police Wednesday arrested a man accused of crashing into a car on Highway 6 last weekend and fleeing the scene, leaving behind seven injured people.

Officers also arrested his passenger following the crash near Tillamook.


Eric Ramirez, 19, faces charges of felony hit-and-run, driving under the influence of intoxicants, reckless driving, recklessly endangering another person and assault, said Oregon State Police Sergeant Lane Hendrickson.

Photos: Crash scene

Carlos Jimenez-Balboa, 25, was arrested for felony hit-and-run.


Investigators believe Ramirez had been driving at the time of the 11:30 p.m. crash and Balboa later drove to the Tillamook location where they abandoned the van.

Background: Man on phone with 911 when hit by van

Both men live in Portland.


Police said they developed leads thanks to the public's help, and located the suspects at a Greyhound bus station in Salem Wednesday night.


Investigators learned the suspects were planning on leaving the state by bus the next day.


Both suspects were being held in jail.


At the time of the crash Saturday night, driver Steven Kershaw was talking with 911 dispatchers, describing an out-of-control van nearby when suddenly the van crashed into Kershaw's car.


The crash can be heard on audio of the 911 call.

Audio: Listen to 911 call, crash

The van rear-ended Kershaw's car, sending it into the eastbound lanes, where it collided with another vehicle. Kershaw, his wife and his daughter were injured, as were all four people in the second vehicle.

http://www.kgw.com/news-local/stories/k ... e820b.html

http://www.tillamooksheriff.org/DailyInmateList.htm

A point to note about the story above -

1. This accident was a very, very bad one; and totally preventable as far as could be discerned.

2. Portland is a sanctuary city - any information about the perp's legal status is not going to come from there, I can assure you. I don't know if Tillamook City or County has any policy about checking status. I haven't heard of such thing.

Based upon the presumed intent by the perps to leave the state, well, we cannot definitively say they were illegal, but so far the indicators available would seem to point in that direction. I'll follow this locally and update as needed.

So they were put on ICE hold because they may have been trying to leave state?

hell2pay - Sorry. I didn't see the the info in the 2nd link above.

It appears they're both on ICE holds....so, they're likely illegal.

Good Catch!

Seems as if the Tillamook sheriff is doing his job!

Originally Posted by PhredE

hell2pay - Sorry. I didn't see the the info in the 2nd link above.

It appears they're both on ICE holds....so, they're likely illegal.

Good Catch!

Oh, no problem at all.

I live in Oregon, but I'm not an Oregonian; I didn't know what the heck. I thought maybe they had taken to putting us all on ICE hold to be politically correct

Originally Posted by hell2pay

Originally Posted by PhredE

hell2pay - Sorry. I didn't see the the info in the 2nd link above.

It appears they're both on ICE holds....so, they're likely illegal.

Good Catch!

Oh, no problem at all.

I live in Oregon, but I'm not an Oregonian; I didn't know what the heck. I thought maybe they had taken to putting us all on ICE hold to be politically correct

Oh, they didn't tell you, that even 'immigrants' from other US states have to have the new "Oregon Visa" - you know, just to gain entry to the state..
(don't even talk about long-term residence here.... <- Yes, I'm just kidding. We're not as exclusive and snooty as some say we are.... )

Originally Posted by lccat

Seems as if the Tillamook sheriff is doing his job!

Yeah, I noticed that too.

Good for him/her. I'll have to call down there tomorrow and give 'em an 'atta boy' and to double-check that too. I didn't know they were checking, but if they are, well, that's a nice surprise indeed

Of course, his or hers, I get excited.

lccat - No worries, mate. I just want to be careful not to assume - 'cause you know what happens when a persons assumes things right, it makes an
_ _ _ out of u and m-e.

Oh, BTW, the Sheriff is Sheriff Anderson (he).
http://www.tillamooksheriff.org/