Pedestrian struck and killed on S.E. McLoughlin Blvd.

Published 12:00 am Saturday, December 23, 2023

Drivers northbound on McLoughlin Bouleard in Thursday morning rush hour traffic, on November 14, slowed to get a glimpse of Central Precinct officers investigating a fatal collision between a Toyota Tacoma pickup truck and pedestrian in the southbound lanes, which were closed down as soon as the accident was reported.

The PPB Central Precinct officers who were first dispatched to the crash at 6:13 a.m. – just before dawn – first looked for a victim in the southbound lanes of McLoughlin Boulevard near Cora Street. At that location – near main gates of the now-closed Ross Island Sand & Gravel plant – officers located the truck involved, but not the victim.

However, two blocks north, officers found the dead adult male pedestrian near the northern gates of Ross Island Sand & Gravel, across the highway from S.E. Center Street.

The involved driver remained at the scene, and cooperated with the investigation.

The driver looked despondent as he sat on the running board of his pickup truck and spoke with PPB Traffic Division Major Crash Team investigators. The cabin of the truck was filled with deployed airbags.

By early afternoon, S.E. McLoughlin Boulevard – State Highway 99-E — had reopened to traffic. At last report, no citations had been issued, and the victim had not yet been publicly identified.

If you have information about this crash, and haven’t already spoken with police, please send an email to Traffic Investigators at – crimetips@police.portlandoregon.gov – and say it’s about Case No. 23-296328.

This was the 61st fatal traffic-related crash in Portland this year; 21 of them involving pedestrians.