Screenshot of FacesofFatalities.com. A bereaved mother whose 28-year-old son was killed by a drunk driver two years ago while biking on SE Division, has launched a website. Faces of Fatalities: Resources for Hit and Run Victims and Their Families is the work of Kristi Finney-Dunn. Since her son Dustin died in August 2011, Finney-Dunn has … Read more
Kristi Finney (center right) has turned grief into action after losing her son to a drunk driver last August.(Photos © J. Maus) The mother of a young man killed by a drunk driver while bicycling on SE Division last year has become a dedicated traffic safety activist. Since the death of her son Dustin on … Read more
This is the sixth TransportationSafety Summit that Mayor Adams has presided over.(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland) Mayor Sam Adams and PBOT held the sixth annual Transportation Safety Summit at Jefferson High School in North Portland last night. The event was created by Adams to accomplish several things: to convene the myriad organizations and agencies that work … Read more
Go inside the courtroom as Finney’s grieving mother stared down the man who hit her son.
Ghost bike for Dustin Finney on SE Division.(Photo: Kristi Finney) On August 12th, 28-year old Dustin Finney was riding his bike in the bike lane on SE Division Ave just past 85th when he was hit from behind by a teenager who was later arrested for reckless and drunk driving. The impact killed Finney instantly. … Read more
View of SE Division where a fatal collision occurred last week. Note SE 87th in the upper left hand corner.
Kevin Phomma (as seen in Vimeo video) The two people on bikes involved in a fatal hit-and-run collision early this morning did not know each other. One of the two was 17-year old Portlander Kevin Phomma. Phomma was riding in front of the man who was killed, and, after the collision, he flagged down a … Read more
Intersection of SE 85th and Division. One person died and another person was taken to the hospital suffered minor injuries after a hit-and-run in Southeast Portland early this morning. The Police say the collision happened around 1:00 am this morning on SE Division at 85th. After arriving on the scene the officers discovered the suspect … Read more
Comment of the Week: Legs of steel and the e-bike