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Washington County deputy recounts surviving fatal crash last April
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In April 2022, Washington County Deputy Mike Trotter was responding to a call when a car full of teenagers hit his patrol SUV. The driver ran a red light going about 100mph. The crash killed two of the teenagers and three others were critically injured.
Looking back on the crash and the photo of his smashed up SUV, Trotter knows he's lucky.
"I've been at hundreds of those crashes and I don't know how I'm alive," Trotter said.
After the crash, he spent 41 days at Legacy Emanuel Hospital in north Portland. He was moved to a rehab center and spent weeks recovering and then went home around the beginning of July.
Now his days are filled with physical therapy, doctor's appointments and spending time with his wife, Heather, and their son, Harley. Trotter said he can't hold Harley yet; his muscles are too weak to pick him up.
READ MORE: https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/washington-county-deputy-michael-trotter-crash/283-b496744d-5304-4e4b-8748-1420577b77de
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