Woman Takes Plunge Off Bridge, Survives ; Suv Dropped 60 Feet Off Portland Span
The Columbian › March 29, 2005
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A 31-year-old Vancouver woman survived an estimated 60-foot plunge off Portland's Morrison Bridge in a sport utility vehicle Saturday afternoon.
Melisa A. Borgaard was driving an Isuzu Rodeo west on the span at about 1 p.m. when "she started slipping on the metal grates of the bridge," said Scott McLellan, a deputy with the Multnomah County Sheriff's Office River Patrol. Officer Greg Pashley with the Portland Police Bureau said Borgaard reported she was on a hands- free cell phone, talking with relatives, at the time of the crash.See the full content of this document
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Woman Takes Plunge Off Bridge, Survives ; Suv Dropped 60 Feet Off Portland Span
She plowed through the guardrail near the west bank of the Willamette River and careened off the...
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