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Portland Police say someone was hit by a car driver and killed while walking in the Richmond Neighborhood this morning.<\/p>\n
According to the police statement<\/a>, it happened around 5:30 am at the intersection of SE Cesar Chavez and SE Harrison. Here\u2019s more from the statement: \u201cWhen they arrived, they found a crash involving a vehicle and a pedestrian. Portland Fire & Rescue confirmed that the pedestrian died at the scene. The involved driver remained at the scene.\u201d<\/p>\n SE Harrison is just one block north of a popular neighborhood greenway bike route on SE Lincoln. Calle Cesar Chavez is a high-volume arterial with a 30 mph speed limit, four general travel lanes and a notorious history of fatal crashes. Back in January, another car user hit and killed Tuyet Nguyen<\/a> as she walked near Cesar Chavez and SE Cora \u2014 a location with a very similar profile as this morning\u2019s fatal. One week after Nguyen\u2019s death, a driver was given a citation for failing to stop for a pedestrian<\/a> a mile north of SE Harrison near Laurelhurst Park. In 2023, a driver struck and killed Jeanie Diaz<\/a> as she waited at a bus stop at Cesar Chavez and SE Belmont. And in 2021, Austin Boyd was killed<\/a> by a driver as he walked near Chavez and SE Clinton.<\/p>\n The Portland Bureau of Transportation has said they are working on a project that would update Cesar Chavez with a safer lane configuration between Powell and Holgate. At a Richmond Neighborhood Association meeting following the tragic death of Jeanie Diaz, PBOT Traffic Engineer Wendy Cawley told attendees PBOT would consider striping Cesar Chavez with fewer lanes for driving. While a PBOT spokesperson told BikePortland back in February that a project page was imminent, I don\u2019t see that page published yet and I\u2019m not aware of any updates.<\/p>\n Police haven\u2019t released details of this morning\u2019s fatal crash. I\u2019ll share more once I learn more. This is the 37th fatal traffic crash in Portland<\/a> so far this year, and the 14th that involved a pedestrian.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n