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Passenger tries to crash minivan and stabs family member, Oregon police say

Police seek a man accused of trying to crash a minivan and stabbing family member in Gresham, Oregon.
Police seek a man accused of trying to crash a minivan and stabbing family member in Gresham, Oregon. Getty Images/iStockphoto

A passenger in a minivan tried to wrest the wheel away from the driver to crash the vehicle in a bizarre series of events, Oregon police reported.

The man then stabbed a family member in the vehicle in the incident Wednesday, Aug. 7, Gresham police said in a news release.

The person’s injuries were not life-threatening, police said.

The passenger then stole the 2022 Kia Carnival from a hospital parking lot and fled around 8:30 p.m., police said.

Police ask anyone with information on his location to call 911 and warn he may be armed.

Gresham is about a 15-mile drive east of Portland.

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Don Sweeney
The Sacramento Bee
Don Sweeney has been a newspaper reporter and editor in California for more than 35 years. He is a service reporter based at The Sacramento Bee.
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