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I remember one point even telling
myself like it would just be so
much easier to die right now.
Ohh. That was the Washington County
deputy talking about waking up in
the hospital after a car full of
teenagers crashed into his patrol SUV.
That was nine months ago.
Coming up this morning on sunrise,
he gives us an update on his recovery.
Then our investigative team looks
at how scammers are stealing
from low income. People
who use food benefits
while the state says there
is no way to stop it and the king
tides are back on the Oregon coast
for the final time this season
when they will roar ashore and
how you can watch them safely.
Yeah, if there was a Rod hill
voice to go with those king tides,
that would be it. Good morning.
Thank you so much for joining
us on this Tuesday. Yesterday,
beautiful weather for MLK,
partly waiting for the final
climber report to come out,
but I think it's going to show 0.0 rain.
The last time we had a completely dry
day was the first day of the month.
So it's been a while and
we we had the sunshine.
It was pretty nice today,
not quite as Nice, but still I'll put it
in Nice category if that makes sense.
We have cloudy skies out there currently.
We've had some light rain showers overnight.
There's the front, by the way,
that we'll talk more about.
That's going to be coming into our
area during the morning hours of
tomorrow right now, cloudy skies again.
There could still be some
lingering showers in your area,
mostly traceable stuff right now.
Otherwise, dry conditions,
clouds keeping US mild 46 degrees.
I think moving forward,
it will be mostly dry overall,
if you will,
into about the 2:00 o'clock hour.
Then eventually later today
going into this evening,
we'll see some light showers.
Pick back up 47 today's high back to
you. OK. Thank you, rod.
I don't know how I'm alive.
Like I've been at hundreds of those crashes,
and I don't know how I'm alive.
Wow. For the first time,
we're hearing from the Washington
County deputy who was badly
hurt in a crash last April.
Five teenagers were inside a car that ran
a red light and T boned his patrol SUV.
Two of the teens involved died in that crash,
and the driver of the car is
charged with manslaughter.
Devon Haskins joins us now with a follow-up.
Devin, you covered the crash that
morning and recently sat down
with the deputy who's recovering.
Yeah, taking a look at this photo,
it's amazing that deputy Trotter survived.
It's been almost nine months
since the crash happened,
but it's also been almost
nine months of hospital stays,
doctor's appointments,
and the overall will of Trotter
to hopefully get back on the job.
We're gonna get going for you.
Can I get a large vanilla Chai?
Even something as simple as standing
waiting for his drink to be made is painful.
OK, thank you.
For Mike Trotter coming to this coffee shop,
it's about as far as I can get by myself.
He's limited in mobility after what
had been just any other routine day.
I'm graveyard around 12:24 in the
morning on April 27th of 2022.
Deputy
Trotter was on his way to help assist.
With the call about a possible drunk driver
and I remember one of our canine
handlers getting on the radio
message that was just trying to
go head on with me. Almost. Murray
and then that's the last thing I remember.
A Nissan Altima filled with five
teenagers coming from the north heading
South on Murray at the same time as
Trotter was heading east on TV Highway.
Trotter says he was told that
Nissan Altima was going around 100
miles an hour when it hit him right
on his driver's side of his SUV.
Go through medical.
Trotter was pinned inside
his vehicle, bleeding.
We got one conscious alert.
Are also heavily tent
inside the other car, five teenagers from
Beaverton South Ridge High School 54.
But you can see there's
also three in the back.
17 year old Matthew Amaya and
16 year old Juan Aguilera died.
The three other teens,
including the driver,
18 year old Xavier Rodriguez,
were critically injured.
Rodriguez was charged with manslaughter,
assault and DUI.
Like, I've been at hundreds
of those crashes and I
don't know how I'm alive.
Try to remember is waking up
in the hospital a week or
two later after the accident.
He knew that his life had changed.
He says he thought of giving up,
but what kept him going?
Was his three-year old son Harley?
I remember one point telling
myself like it would just be so
much easier to die right now.
Like this sucks, but I wouldn't do it
because it wouldn't be fair for him.
Almost six weeks later,
he was moved from the hospital to
a rehab center and finally went
home around the beginning of July.
Days now or anything but routine?
Yeah. They're filled with physical
therapy and doctor's appointments.
So I broke both both bones in my right arm.
My pelvis was on the left side,
was just completely shattered.
And due to that injury,
I have a bunch of damage to my sciatic
nerve on the left side and muscles
in his left leg that don't work.
I'm in such excruciating pain,
it's not even that enjoyable.
He says doctors have told him his career as
a law enforcement officer is likely over.
It's looking to do a full thumbs up.
But he's working each day to prove
them wrong better than it was.
What has kept him going and
helped him get stronger?
Yeah, about to be 4 end of
this month are his family.
Alright. Charter is working to finish
his associates degree so we can
have a backup plan for what's next.
He says the Washington County Sheriff's
Office has been more than supportive,
even trying to find a position
for him that he can work,
work in given his current limitations.
Christine,
what a journey. Devin,
thank you for bringing us his story.
OK, to Idaho now,
where it could be months before we
learn new details about the murders
of four University of Idaho students.
The suspect, Brian Koberger,
isn't due back in court. Until June.
But we're getting an idea of what a
potential defense could look like.
Attorneys are already pointing
out that Coburger won't be
able to use an insanity plea.
Law experts say Idaho is one of only
a few states that does not accept
a mental condition as a defense.
And I'm expecting a really multi
layered defense that blames someone
else, either another person or
get ready for it and alter ego.
Coburger maintains his innocence.
He's accused of stabbing and
killing the four students at a home
near campus back in November. Now
to some of the other headlines we're
tracking for you this morning,
Tigard police are hoping
somebody recognizes this man.
He is wanted for a robbery on New Year's Eve.
This is surveillance video from
Foxies on Pacific Highway.
Police say the guy walked into the bar,
showed a gun to the employee,
then demanded money and walked away.
Fortunately, nobody was hurt.
The suspect is tall.
He's over 6 feet tall with a medium build.
You're asked to call Tigard police
if you have any information.
Well, Portland just reported its
first deadly shooting of the year.
This happened Monday afternoon at a 76
gas station on NE 102nd and Gleason.
Portland police tell us the victim
was taken to the hospital but
later died from his injuries.
Officers haven't said.
That led up to the shooting,
and they haven't released any
information about the suspect.
But this does come as Portland
recorded a record number of homicides
last year and the King Tides are
returning to the Oregon coast on
Friday for the final time this season.
The high tides occur when the earth,
moon and sun align just right,
creating a strong gravitational pull.
You can see the king tides
through the weekend,
but please watch from a distance.
They can make the beach extremely dangerous.
And those are some of your Tuesday headlines.
Have you ever gone out to see the
king tides? I haven't done that yet.
You know, all the years I've lived here,
I moved here in 1999.
I've never been at the coast when either a,
the big storm waves are coming
in or B, the king tides.
But I know people, you know,
they marked this on their calendar,
but rooms are often totally
booked at the coast.
So it's Friday through Sunday and
the hotel room on the beach is a
good place to see them, right?
Right. I will stay away. No.
Real storm system this time.
A lot of our king tides over the past
year have actually happened when we've
had pretty good storm fronts coming in.
So that just amplifies, you know,
the result of how high the ocean could be.
Not this time around.
Here's a look at what we are
looking on the satellite.
Picture a dry breakdown in California and
it finally looks like they are waving
goodbye or starting to wave goodbye anyway,
to what was pushing three weeks
of pretty persistent storms one
after another coming in.
So that is a drying weather pattern.
Finally starting to set up overall.
Meanwhile,
this is tomorrow's front that would
be coming in to us tomorrow morning.
This ban of early band of clouds
in the rainy seeing offshore,
that's a little push of warm air.
We'll be into that later today and
this evening for what would be
mainly some light passing rain.
We've had some showers overnight.
Futurecast still shows at 8:00
o'clock this morning,
8:30 we could have a inland shower,
but mostly there's not gonna be
much going on until we get into
the afternoon hours and we start
to see our our light rain pick up.
Here's the coast seeing rain picking up.
2:00 o'clock this afternoon
shortly after that going into.
Later in the afternoon into early evening,
little passing bit of some rain in our
area and then here's the main event.
Tomorrow 7:00 AM solid rain band
going to be raining it looks
like all morning up and down I5.
This does break it into showers
before that at the coast for Portland.
Not a ton of wind probably like
25 mile per hour wind gusts.
Early morning winds tomorrow at the
beach could be gusting southwest
to 35 and you can see this is snow
over the Cascades including at.
Pass level so if you're traveling
over the high country tomorrow,
you'll want to be prepared and
realize you'll be driving through
collecting snow on those highways.
Here's how much rain could fall.
This is mainly the amounts that
will come tomorrow with that front
shows almost an inch and 1/2 in.
Lincoln City on average half of
an inch of rain up and down.
I5 could be 6 to 10 inches of snow
easily up at the Mount Hood resorts.
Again,
we're waiting for Salem to fix our
thermometer. That's not correct.
46 of Portland, 41 in the Dallas, 27 over in.
Again this morning and here's what
we expect to happen later today.
Enough cloud cover to generally
hold us in the upper 40s for highs
S winds 5 to 15 miles prior the
early showers and then mainly dry
until rain starts to pick up say mid
afternoon or maybe late afternoon.
Similar numbers up in Longview
shows 46 degrees up there,
7 day forecast and early shower
chance on Wednesday.
Otherwise all dry Thursday, Friday,
some rain Saturday but not a lot,
then all dry Sunday, Monday and
then maybe dry much of that week.
That's your forecast
for that intriguing. OK. Thanks, Ron.