Note: I'm currently on a family trip and not working normal hours. Email and message responses will be delayed and story and posting volumes here and on our social media accounts will not be at their usual levels until I return to Portland September 4th. Thanks for your patience and understanding. - Jonathan Maus, BikePortland Publisher and Editor
October 2007 will always be remembered as a tragic time for our community. Fatal collisions took the lives of Brett Jarolimek and Tracey Sparling, and Bob Verrinder was critically injured from a collision with a car on Marine Drive.
The articles below chronicle those crashes and the resulting aftermath.
Screenshot of Oregonian’s web headline. I don’t have time to share as much as I’d like right now, but given the massive front page story by the Oregonian today, I have to share some thoughts. First, I am disappointed at the Oregonian’s story, especially at a time when emotions are so raw. Also, it is … Read more
(Photos © Jonathan Maus) Hundreds of Portlanders came together tonight to ride (and walk) in memory of Tracey Sparling and the tragic collision that took her life less than 36 hours ago. We gathered at the west end of the Burnside Bridge. Before making our way up Burnside to SW 14th, ride organizer Carl Larson … Read more
[Updated 12:29pm] A memorial for Traceyhas been created in thelobby of PNCA.(Photo © Jonathan Maus) According to the Multnomah County Medical Examiner’s Office, the victim in yesterday’s fatal collision in downtown Portland was Tracey Sparling. Sparling was attending design school at Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA). She was 19 years old and was living … Read more
The Ghost Bike at W. Burnside and 14th.(Photo © Jonathan Maus) I just returned from the scene of today’s incident. I spent the last several hours just being at the intersection where this tragedy occurred. I rode in the bike lane where the 19 year-old Salem woman last rode, I talked with passersby. But mostly, … Read more
[Updated 2:33 pm, 2:50 pm, 3:19 pm] View Larger Map Photos below A cyclist was killed around 1:30 pm today in downtown Portland. According to Portland Police Bureau Lieutenant Mark Kruger, 19 year-old PNCA student Tracey Sparling collided with a cement mixing truck at the corner of W Burnside and 14th (photos below – Google … Read more
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