Stolen vehicle found floating down Oregon river
January 27th, 2010 - 3:11 am ICT by BNO NewsCLACKAMAS, OREGON (BNO NEWS) – Rescue personnel on Tuesday responded to a stolen vehicle floating down the Clackamas River near Carver, Oregon.
Rescue personnel located the submerged vehicle in the Clackamas River, nearly 200 yards downstream and submerged with a small portion of the roof protruding out of the water. Attending personnel utilized a pole camera to determine that the vehicle was not occupied and obtained a license number of the submerged vehicle.
Later Tuesday morning, a person with registration of the vehicle contacted the Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office and reported the vehicle as stolen. The ignition key was also located by Deputies inside the recovered stolen vehicle.
Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office Marine personnel report the vehicle does not pose a navigational hazard; although, this vehicle remains in the river and is marked with a buoy and crime scene tape.
It is expected the insurance company representing the registered owner will negotiate the extraction of this recovered stolen vehicle from the river soon.
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