Woodburn Independent Online

Aurora hit-and-run vehicle and driver located

No enforcement action taken, OSP still seeks info

• Published: 11/2/2009 8:36:55 AM
• Last Updated: 11/3/2009 9:09:42 AM

Update — Oregon State Police troopers have located the vehicle of interest and the driver involved in a Saturday morning hit-and-run collision that left an Aurora man seriously injured.
 
Benjamin Story, 23, of Aurora, was struck by a vehicle Saturday while walking Highway 99E near Lone Elder Road, just north of the Clackamas/Marion county line. Preliminary investigation by OSP troopers indicated the involved vehicle could be a Toyota model that should have damage to the front end and hood area.
 
Following the initial investigation, troopers learned of a 9-1-1 call, about 45 minutes after the original reports, by an individual who said he may have struck something along Highway 99E, north of Aurora. Follow-up investigation located a white 2007 Toyota RAV sports utility vehicle driven by Larry Scott Vang, 46, of Salem, and confirmed that the vehicle was the one that struck Story. Vang was en route from Gresham to Salem.
 
No enforcement action has been taken and the investigation is continuing.
 
Anyone with information regarding this investigation should call OSP Senior Trooper Jason Lindland at 503-731-3020, ext. 457.

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10/31/2009 — AURORA — Oregon State Police are asking for help finding a hit-and-run driver who struck and injured a 23-year-old man walking on Oregon 99E in Aurora in the early hours of Oct. 31.

Canby and Aurora police officers found Benjamin Story of Aurora lying on the south side of the road near Lone Elder Road at about 1 a.m. Story's injuries are serious but not life threatening. He was taken to Legacy Emanuel Medical Center.

Officers came to the scene in response to reports of a possibly intoxicated man walking down the center of the highway just north of the Marion and Clackamas county line.

According to OSP, evidence suggests Story possibly was struck by a Toyota and the vehicle should have collision damage on its front end and hood.
 
Anyone with information about the crash or vehicle is asked to call the Oregon State Police, 503-731-3030.

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