Family believes father was in car that went off bridge into Columbia River Lincoln Graves | KATU News
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PORTLAND, Ore. The daughter of a Portland man who hasn t been seen since Sunday says her father may have been the driver of a vehicle that went off the Interstate 205 bridge into the Columbia River on Sunday night.
Abi Amaro says her father, Antonio Amaro Lopez, went to work in Hazel Dell, Wash., on Valentine s Day morning. She says the family didn t want him to work because they knew his drive home might be dangerous in icy weather. We had tried to encourage him not to go to work, to call out, said Amaro. But, like I said, he s just hard-working.
Family believes Portland man, missing since Sunday, was in car that went off I-205 bridge
Updated Feb 17, 2021;
Posted Feb 15, 2021
Amaro Lopez has been missing since Sunday, and family believe his car may have hit a patch of ice and gone over a bridge.Family of Antonio Amaro Lopez
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Updated Wednesday, Feb. 16:
The family of Antonio Amaro Lopez said they would hold a candlelight vigil for him at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, at 4325 NE Marine Drive in Portland. The vigil is open to the public.
Antonio Amaro Lopez started driving home from his job at his family’s Hazel Dell restaurant about 5 p.m. Sunday.
Crash closes southbound I-205 in Northeast Portland By Lizzy Acker, oregonlive.com
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PORTLAND A crash closed Interstate 205 southbound Monday afternoon in Northeast Portland, causing traffic to back up to the Glenn Jackson Bridge across the Columbia River.
Footage showed a car on fire shortly before 3 p.m.
About 3:40 p.m., a Waze Twitter account for Portland traffic times said drivers on southbound I-205 in Portland could expect a 53 minute longer than usual wait.
Portland police said the crash, which occurred between the Northeast Killingsworth Street/Columbia Boulevard exit and the Northeast Prescott Street overpass, is currently under investigation.
No fatalities were reported.