Speeding car flies into Oregon apartment, kills 2
09:24 AM PST on Friday, January 11, 2008
BEAVERTON, Ore. - A car speeding 100 miles an hour launched into the air, flew across a road and slammed into a Beaverton apartment in a fiery crash Thursday night.
The driver of the car and a passenger were killed in the crash but police have not yet released any names. No one inside the apartment was injured.
Police said they would have to use a crane to pull out the car, at 7745 SW Matheny, where it was stuck between a retaining wall and a pond.
Witnesses told police the vehicle was traveling at a high rate of speed, became airborne, hit the side of the apartment or condo and landed on its top adjacent the building just before 8:30 p.m.
Hall Blvd. was closed in Beaverton between Hart Road and Greenway Blvd. during the crash investigation.
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