Bicycle rider killed in collision with driver on 99W in Tigard
A man riding a bicycle on SW Pacific Highway (99W) in Tigard was killed last night after a collision with a driver.
A man riding a bicycle on SW Pacific Highway (99W) in Tigard was killed last night after a collision with a driver.
NOTE: Please see updates at end of this story. It was originally reported as a bicycle fatality; but we have since confirmed that the woman killed was walking prior to being hit. Portland Police say someone has been hit and killed in the area of NE Grand Avenue and Broadway.
Happened just west of I-205 overpass.
Scottie Graser was an avid, experienced rider.
We need to build these projects ASAP.
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Just after 11:00 pm on November 15th, 23-year-old Calum Breitenberg got into his Volvo sedan and drove northwest on Willamette Boulevard toward St. Johns. He had been drinking. A lot.
I don’t know what else to write at this point. This is madness.
“Daniel Feldt was my father.”
No space on the street, no space on the sidewalk.
He was driving nearly twice the legal speed limit.
When — and how — will we make it stop?