Multi-car accident closes Highway 211

Estacada driver, five children escape injury

The Estacada News, May 23, 2008, Updated Oct 30, 2009

Contributed photo / Estacada News

A three-car accident forced Oregon State Police to close Highway 211 for more than an hour on May 14. A 27-year old Estacada resident and the five children who were in the car with her were uninjured in the accident.

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Two people were injured, one seriously, in a three-vehicle crash just after 7 a.m. on May 14, on Highway 211 about nine miles north of Estacada.

A 2006 Toyota Corolla driven by Anthony Michael Quillen, 30, from Rhododendron, was southbound on Highway 211 when he tried to negotiate a right curve. When Quillen reached the intersection of Highway 211 and 367th Avenue, his car crossed the center line into the northbound lane, according to Oregon State Police reports.

A northbound Buick sport utility vehicle driven by Estacada resident Pamela Keefe, 27, swerved to the right in attempt to avoid the Toyota. Both vehicles sideswiped, causing the Toyota to spin and crash into a southbound 2008 Scion two-door driven by Sandra Wiseman, 46, from Boring.

Upon impact with the Scion, Quillen was ejected from the passenger side window and struck the driver side of the Scion. Quillen, who was not using safety restraints, was subsequently transported by LifeFlight to Legacy Emanuel Hospital with non-life threatening serious injuries.

Keefe and her five juvenile passengers were not injured. Wiseman received non-life threatening injuries. She was using safety restraints and her vehicle's airbag deployed.

Oregon State Police troopers from the Portland Area Command office are continuing the investigation. No citations have been issued. Highway 211 was closed for more than an hour last Wednesday as emergency personnel responded and the accident was cleared from the roadway.

Clackamas County Sheriff's Office, Sandy Police Department, Sandy Fire Department, and ODOT assisted at the scene. The highway was reopened about 8:45 a.m.