The unhealthy information is one other particular person was hit. The excellent news is modifications are doubtless coming quickly.
As a southeast Portland neighborhood grapples with the lack of a beloved member of their neighborhood attributable to a deadly site visitors crash alongside Southeast Cesar Chavez Blvd, BikePortland has confirmed that one more particular person on foot was hit by a driver on that avenue yesterday.
In response to the Portland Police Bureau, an individual strolling on the intersection of SE Stark and Cesar Chavez (Laurelhurst Park) was hit and injured round 4:15 pm on Sunday. Officers responded to the collision and located an grownup feminine had been struck by a automobile driver. A Reddit person posted that they drove by and “noticed a automobile… on prime of a pedestrian.” The sufferer was taken to a hospital for therapy of again ache. PPB have confirmed the case with BikePortland and say the driving force was given a site visitors quotation for failing to cease for a pedestrian (ORS 811.028).
That collision comes only one week after 71-year-old Tuyet Nguyen was killed by a automobile driver two miles south of Stark St. That crash continues to be underneath investigation and I’m working to study extra about the way it occurred.
I’ve additionally realized {that a} memorial service is deliberate for Nguyen. A witness who was one of many first individuals to reach on the scene of the collision reached out to BikePortland and shared the memorial occasion flyer. The flyer offers us a photograph of Nguyen and shares names of the individuals she left behind — together with three daughters, a son, and eight grandchildren. The memorial can be held in Newberg on February eighth.
Many Reed and Woodstock neighborhood residents have been conversant in Nguyen as she walked their streets always. “She was essentially the most type and delicate girl who at all times had a smile on her face,” one witness informed me, then added: “I really hope one thing is completed to make Cesar Chavez safer. I dwell two homes off Cesar Chavez and Cora and it’s terrible. The dashing, reckless driving, and quantity of accidents is insane.”
On that notice, there’s some excellent news to share: In response to questions on the way forward for SE Cesar Chavez Blvd at present, PBOT Communications Director Hannah Schafer mentioned they’re within the technique of establishing a venture web page on their web site for, “a brand new security venture within the space” funded by means of the Oregon Division of Transportation’s All Roads Transportation Security Program (ARTS).
That is the venture I discussed within the wake of the Jeanie Diaz tragedy in 2023 the place PBOT goes to contemplate security updates on SE Cesar Chavez between SE Powell and Holgate. A lane reconfiguration (aka “street weight loss plan”) isn’t assured but (since public outreach hasn’t began), however after Diaz was killed by a driver whereas ready for the bus at SE Chavez and SE Taylor, PBOT Metropolis Visitors Engineer Wendy Cawley informed the Richmond Neighborhood Affiliation that PBOT would take into account going from the present four-lane cross-section to a three-lane cross-section, “or probably even a two-lane cross-section.”
Right now Schafer confirmed we’ll know extra very quickly in regards to the security venture between Powell and Holgate, and mentioned a separate venture will deliver a brand new sign at SE Gladstone. PBOT continues to be working to ensure full funding is in place earlier than shifting ahead, and we’ll know extra as soon as the venture webpage is printed. Keep tuned.
