Cars Struck With Objects On Highway Near Tualatin: State Police

TUALATIN, OR — Hoodlums are throwing everything from apples and pumpkins to rocks and logs at passing motorists on the curve connecting southbound Interstate-5 to eastbound Interstate-205, according to Oregon State Police. Anyone with information is asked to come forward.

As many as 10 separate incidents have occurred since early September, police said in a statement released Tuesday. So far, no one has been injured and no crashes have been caused, police said, though the objects thrown have caused damage to passing cars.

The suspects involved are described as young people in their teens or early 20s, with no consistent clothing descriptions, police said. The difficulty, police explained, also comes from the fact the paths the suspects appear to be using to access the area run behind the Martinazzi Village apartments in south Tualatin.

On several occasions, witnesses reported seeing the suspect(s) escape into the nearby trees or up a hillside, police said.

On Dec. 12, a large rock reportedly hit the passenger side of a truck, causing considerable damage to the windshield.

Anyone with information about these incidents or the suspect(s) involved is asked to call the Oregon State Police NCC dispatch center at 503-375-3555, or 800-452-7888.

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