Two crashes just 48 hours apart along Oregon 212 in Boring killed three people and collapsed a building this week.
The second crash happened around 6 a.m. Tuesday when a car went off the road and plowed into a building in the 28000 block of Southeast Oregon 212, the Clackamas County Fire Department said in a statement.
The crash caused the brick building to partially collapse, bringing the roof down on the car and trapping the driver inside, fire officials said.
Firefighters shored up the building with supports to prevent it from collapsing further while they worked to free the trapped driver. The driver died while emergency responders drove him to a hospital, officials said.
Another person was inside the building at the time of the crash but was uninjured. Officials did not identify the driver or the business struck by the car. Photos released by the fire department show that the business is the Timber Pub & Grub.
Two days earlier, on Sunday, another crash in the area killed two people when an eastbound Dodge Caliber went off the road and collided with a shop called iCandy Lash Co. around 2:30 p.m., Oregon State Police said.
Police said the car briefly caught fire and that the impact killed the driver, 21-year-old Austin Gaberiel Roberts, and his passenger, Taylor Renee Wonderly, 19.
Two of the shop’s employees — Tiana Marie Owen, 22, and 24-year-old Gabriela Lorene Shirley — suffered serious injuries during the crash and were taken to a hospital.
Both crashes are under investigation.