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Sunday night around 8:00 pm someone who was walking in the Cully neighborhood near the intersection of Northeast 45th and Lombard died in a collision with someone driving a car. This is the third fatality in the Columbia/Lombard corridor in 2019 and it comes as the Portland Bureau of Transportation is working on a plan … Read more
Cars are deadly weapons and we need more protection from them.
Battams was killed on the same day PBOT cut the ribbon on SE Foster Road Streetscape project.
Police haven’t released many details. Locals say it’s a known danger spot.
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.
Two days ago I received a strange email. It was simultaneously matter-of-fact and tragic. “Hi folks,” it read. “My dad was killed by a truck (he was walking at a crosswalk). I would like to stop his autopay subscription of $10/month.” It only took me a few minutes to realize this man’s father was 82-year-old … Read more
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.