Truck driver stabbed at Gorge viewpoint near Corbett
NEAR CORBETT, Ore. - Oregon State Police are looking for two suspects after a truck driver was stabbed at a viewpoint in the Columbia River Gorge early Friday morning.
Troopers said Edwin Jones, 39, told them he was stopped at a viewpoint on Interstate 84 near Corbett due to traffic when he was approached by two men at about 12:30 a.m. Jones is from Nebraska.
Police said Jones told them the men asked him for money and cigarettes.
When he refused, one of the men, described as a white male, pulled a knife and injured Jones on his hand, lower arm and stomach, police said in a press release.
Jones fought with the men and police said both men drove away from the scene westbound in a dark-colored SUV that had a lowered suspension.
Jones was taken by ambulance to a hospital for treatment. His condition was not released but police said his injuries were minor and not life-threatening.
Police issued a description of the suspects Friday morning. The first is described as a white male, mid-20s, about 5 feet 10 inches tall with a skinny build, light facial chin hair, wearing a black beanie, grayish-black hoodie sweatshirt and dark cargo pants.
The other man is a Hispanic or Indian male, unknown age, also about 5 feet 10 inches tall with a heavy build. There was no clothing description given.
Anyone with information is asked to call OSP Northern Command Center dispatch at 800-452-7888.
sounds like some gang wanabes, time for population control. there going to pull a knife on the wrong person and they will be dead.
Hate to stereo type here but when I heard lowered pickup my first thought was hispanic perps. Looks like the strereo type is valid since it was half right.
This is how I feel every time I go downtown. I havent stepped foot in Old Town in 9 months.
dress like chuck norris, most criminals soil their trowsers upon first sight
Hmmmm me thinks there is much more to this story.
 @Slappy Lipshtien Keep thinking.  This is an example of the random violence that happens to drivers all the time.  I am a truck driver and believe me, drivers are killed throughout the country by gangsters or just by people looking for easy money.We oftentimes carry loads that are worth millions of dollars.  Personally, the highest value load I ever carried was worth $16,250,000.  The load was cigarettes and believe me, I was nervous.  These goons that rob will follow a truck for hundreds of miles and then physically overpower, inject sleeping gas into the cab, rob at gunpoint, etc, a driver then release the trailer and drive away with it.  Sometimes the driver is okay, sometimes not or worse.We are not allowed to carry guns, which is STUPID.  There are places that we have to go where people there will kill you solely because of your skin color.  I know a truck driver that took his gun with him when he heard that he had to go this certain town in New Jersey.  2 guys broke his windows and were inside his truck trying to get to his sleeping area.  When they did, he shot and killed both of them.  Thankfully the police in that city understood it was self-defense and did not charge him for carrying a firearm.But since everyone wants to think the driver did something, then feel free to join the rest of them.  It's always best to blame the victim it seems.
 @dblshot  @Slappy Lipshtien There is NO federal regulation regarding firearms in a truck. All you have to do is worry about State carry and conceal and transport laws, or if you go into Canada. My company doesnt even have a company policy against it and we have lockers in the detroit area that are mainly used for securing firearms before entering Canada.
 @dblshot  @Slappy Lipshtien my brother always carried a gun, he never would work for a company that said he couldn't.
 @lee986321  @dblshot  @Slappy Lipshtien " If I was a truck driver I'd carry a gun anyway." I would too. I've driven truck before buy just locally. If your not an owner operator and work for most big companies they don't allow you to do so. Least that is my understanding. I couldn't at my job or have it on company property. There "trailers / tractors" are there "property". But ... if you had your OWN right. You'd be kind of crazy not to.
 @dblshot  @Slappy Lipshtien If I was a truck driver I'd carry a gun anyway. Better to be alive and unemployed than dead or maimed for life.
@JohnQ.Public I agree. It would be like your very own, "Don't ask, Don't tell" policy.
 @dblshot  @Slappy Lipshtien Very well said and truthful.
 @Slappy Lipshtien Highway robbery has been around as long as there have been roads.The problem is that I was in Troutdale yesterday and it was a sheet of wet ice, Gorge wind driving the freezing rain must have been 35kts. You wouldn't commit a random crime only to spin out and slip up the highway at 20 mph while cars are sliding everywhere.
I bet he didn't pay the lot lizard, and the pimp came to collect.Â
 @Beergod Lol. You beat me to it....
 @Beergod In the Columbia River Gorge, on slippery roads during an ice storm. When I was in high school I used to talk to the lot lizards on the CB. Wicked Wanda... no idea how old she was or what she looked like but it was fun listening to her heckle the truckers.
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I was slipping all over the place in Troutdale last night, though.
WTF!? Â Hey let's go stab a random trucker and run away? Â Honestly, I could see that in today's "extreme YouTube" society but there's got to be more to this.
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 @negativerep Just my gut feeling but I am betting it's some jackwad who got stuck behind the truck in traffic and got all road rage.
 @Peregrine Story is updated.  Looks like attempted robbery and he fought them off.
 @FreedomRocks  @negativerep  @Peregrine FreedomRocks, by law, truckers are not to have a firearm.  It's a stupid law.
 @negativerep  @Peregrine Sadly he did not have a CHL and firearm. We might have two less thugs on the planet if he did.
 @Peregrine  @negativerep My bet was road rage as well....seen a "delayed" one before, don't think the person had a clue why.
 @Peregrine Oh yeah, good call.  It could be road rage.
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