My low-budget re-creation of this morning’s collision at SW Bertha and B-H Hwy. (Bike = green, car = blue.) 28-year old Jessie Belter suffered a broken leg when she was struck by someone driving a car as she rode in the bike lane on Beaverton-Hillsdale Highway this morning. According to the Portland Police Bureau, the … Read more
The bicycle involved in one of two collisions on SW 185th Street in Aloha yesterday.(Photos: Wash. Co. Sheriff’s Office) “On Monday, February 20, 2012, Sheriff’s deputies were very busy dealing with crashes involving vehicles vs. pedestrians and bicycles.” That’s the opening line of a Washington County Sheriff’s Office statement sent to the media yesterday. It … Read more
A sign on the St. Johns Bridge.(Photos © J. Maus) UPDATED, at 9:55am on 2/11 Just before 6:30 pm tonight, Portland Police officers responded to a collision on the St. Johns Bridge. According to their report, a 23-year-old man was riding his bike and a 58-year-old man driving a small pick were involved in a … Read more
Yesterday morning I got two reports from readers about a bike/car collision at the intersection of SE 16th and Ankeny. I usually don’t post about every bike-involved collision I hear about; but since two people emailed and it’s on a busy bike street, I figured this one was worth sharing. Reader Marsha H. wrote in, … Read more
Photo of the scene.(Photos: Portland Fire & Rescue) Before sunrise this morning at about 6:30 am, a man riding his bike south on NE Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd just past Lloyd Blvd on the I-84 overpass, was involved in a collision with a motor vehicle. According to a police statement, the man on the … Read more
Scene of the collision (looking north on Terwilliger at SW Condor).(Photos: PPB) Thursday morning at about 7:44, Multnomah County Judge Kathleen Dailey was riding her bike to work in the bike lane on SW Terwilliger Boulevard (map of collision location). As Dailey crossed SW Condor headed northbound, a person operating a motor vehicle pulled out … Read more
Jessica Osborne, the woman who was hit by a man driving a car and left for dead near the intersection of Albina and Rosa Parks Way in North Portland on April 3rd, has re-entered the hospital and the car of the suspect might have been found. According to her friend Amy Wolf, Osborne was admitted … Read more
Hit-and-run victim Jessica Osborne in the ICU the night of the crash (4/3).(Photo: Amy Wolf) Last Thursday, 28 year-old Northeast Portland resident Jessica Osborne was riding her bike to the store when she was struck by a car. The driver paused briefly, then left her for dead on the pavement. The impact ruptured Osborne’s spleen, … Read more