Pedestrian fatality on 33rd happened near massive homeless encampment
NE 33rd Drive, looking south. Portlanders live in vehicles parked on the side of the road. (Photo: Lisa Caballero/BikePortland)
fatal collisions
Person walking struck and killed by a driver on NE 33rd Drive
A person walking was struck by a car and killed on NE 33rd Drive, just west of the airport.
Woman riding Lime e-scooter hit and killed in east Portland
Crash scene. View is looking east on Sandy.
(Photo: Portland Police Bureau)
Two weeks, two deaths, one intersection: A report from NE 82nd and Alberta
82nd and Alberta. A memorial for the man killed Saturday night is on the right.
(Photos: Jonathan Maus/BikePortland)
Portland traffic violence victims turn to crowdfunding for help
Ray Chihak, Nicholas Strickler and Jaccob Riscajche.
(Photos via GoFundMe.com)
Two current GoFundMe campaigns organized by Portlanders seek donations to help victims and their families navigate the emotional, physical and financial consequences caused by automobile drivers.[Read more…]
ODOT’s Highway 99 claims another victim as man using wheelchair is killed in crosswalk
View of SW Barbur at 30th looking southeast. Police say man was hit in this crosswalk.
(Photo: Lisa Caballero/BikePortland)
The dangerous highway that claimed the life of Gene Courtney
(Photos of Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd/Hwy 99E by Jonathan Maus/BikePortland)[Read more…]
Bicycle rider dies in collision near Delta Park
Police say this is the driver’s view. White truck on the left is the “ramp” to Delta Park (Union Ct) referred to in their updated statement.
Bicycle rider dies in collision with driver on East Burnside and 122nd
View looking east at East Burnside where I think the collision took place.
A collision Thursday night (11/12) in the Hazelwood neighborhood resulted in the death of a male bicycle rider. It happened at the intersection of 122nd and Burnside. The incident was reported by the Portland Police Bureau without any reference to what type of road users were involved. When I mentioned the crash in a story yesterday I didn’t know the victim was a bicycle rider.
East Portland News was on the scene and was first to report details of the crash. According to their report, a responding PPB officer said someone driving a Chevrolet SUV eastbound on Burnside collided with a bicycle rider “somewhere in the intersection”. Photos posted on East Portland News show both vehicles stopped near windows at the MAX station area about 155 feet east of the intersection (see map image below). A damaged bicycle is on the ground and there’s major front-end damage to the right side of the SUV’s hood and windshield.[Read more…]
