Posted July 1, 2009
A 19-year-old Tualatin man, whose blood alcohol content was twice the legal limit, missed a turn on S.W. Grahams Ferry Road just before 11 p.m. Monday and crashed into a fence and a tree before rolling his car several times.
He was transported with critical injuries by LifeFlight to Oregon Health and Sciences University, where he later died.
Tualatin Valley Fire and Rescue had to extricate the driver, Jose Manuel Hernandez Bailon, from his vehicle, where he and his passenger, Michael Figueroa, 19, were trapped. Figueroa suffered a broken nose.
Tualatin police responded to the crash and assisted TVF&R. The Washington County Crash Analysis and Reconstruction Team also responded to the scene and performed an in-depth investigation and reconstruction of this crash.
S.W. Grahams Ferry Road was closed for approximately five hours during the investigation. It was officially reopened just after 4 a.m.
The Tualatin Police Department encourages all drivers to remain safe at all times, drive sober, and obey the speed limits.