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Family remembers work ethic, passion of man killed in Glenn Jackson Bridge crash: ‘So many people loved him’
Updated Feb 20, 2021;
Posted Feb 20, 2021
Antonio Amaro Loez and his wife, Nieves Velasco. Amaro Lopez died Sunday after his car hit a patch of ice and went off the Glenn Jackson Bridge.Abigail Amaro
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Family members repeatedly used those words as they described the way Antonio Amaro Lopez lived his life.
He took great joy in being a grandfather. He loved the outdoors and was an ardent soccer fan. And he was passionate about the family business he built with his brothers.
Divers find car, recover body days after I-205 bridge crash OregonLive.com 2/18/2021 Jayati Ramakrishnan, oregonlive.com
A body has been recovered from the Columbia River near the Glenn Jackson Bridge, days after a driver slid off the span and into the water during a winter storm.
Portland police confirmed Wednesday evening that Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office’s divers had recovered a body from a car found in the river.
Witnesses reported seeing a maroon SUV that was driving south on the bridge, which connects Oregon and Washington, hit a patch of ice, go up over a snow embankment and into the water about 5:45 p.m. Sunday. The crash happened as a major winter storm was hitting the region, creating hazardous road conditions throughout the Portland area.
Rescue divers searching the Columbia River where they believe a motorist went off the Glenn Jackson Bridge on Sunday say they ve located a vehicle and recovered a body.