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| Clackamas County Sheriff's Office Trestle repair costs are estimated at $10,000 to $15,000. |
CANBY - The young Canby woman who crashed her car into a wooden railroad trestle Monday evening near Canby is doing much better than the trestle.
Alexa Lewis, 21, is in good condition today at OHSU Hospital, where she was rushed by helicopter ambulance after the 4:21 p.m. crash.
But the trestle, which is owned by Oregon Pacific Railroad, is temporarily out of commission. Dick Samuels, railroad president, said a crew will be working all week in hopes of repairing the trestle before the next freight train is due to run through on Friday.
"We expect to get it done by Friday," Samuels said. "But let's just say we have our fingers crossed. If we can't get it done, then we may have to run that train on Saturday."
The rail line runs between Canby to Liberal, providing RSG Forest Products and Willamette Egg Farms with a link to the Union Pacific Railroad's main lines through the Willamette Valley.
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Sgt. Adam Phillips, Clackamas County Sheriff's Office spokesman, said Lewis was driving on South Mulino Road near Southeast 13th Avenue, southeast of Canby, when she swerved to avoid rear-ending another car and hit the trestle.
After a Canby Fire District crew stabilized Lewis, she was taken to Ackerman Middle School, where a Lifeflight helicopter ambulance picked her up and whisked her to OHSU Hospital.
South Mulino Road was closed for about two hours while firefighters and sheriff's deputies responded to the crash.
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