February 8, 2010

OHSU President’s daughter killed by train at Rowena

     Cathryn Robertson, 25, daughter of Oregon Health Sciences University President Joe Robertson and Maggie Hewitt of Lake Oswego, died after being struck by a train at a crossing at Rowena (Milepost 76.6) Sunday.
     According to a press release from the Wasco County Sheriff’s Office, the report came in at about 4:40 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 7. Deputies found the deceased at the scene.
     The incident was reported by the train’s engineer, according to those who were listening to emergency scanners at the time.
     A department spokesman said Monday that Robertson had been a pedestrian at the time of the accident, but had no further details to report.
     Deputies and railroad officials are investigating.
     A earlier weekend death was reported Saturday, Feb. 6 at approximately 4:56 a.m., when the office received a report of a fire fully engulfing a travel trailer at the Antelope Trailer Park, 45414 Main Street in Antelope. The body of an as-yet unidentified person was found in the remains of the destroyed travel trailer. A press release Monday said the initial investigation indicated the fire might have been accidental, but investigation by the State Fire Marshal’s Office, the medical examiner and the Wasco County Sheriff’s Office is continuing.