On the sunny Sunday afternoon of April 13th, Portland Police Bureau officers, and an ambulance, were dispatched at 4:35 p.m. to an “Injury Accident” at S.E. 17th Avenue and Ochoco Street, at the entrance to Garthwick at the south end of Sellwood.

Pulled off onto S.E. Ochoco Street, facing east, was a canary yellow 2001 Dodge Viper GTS sports car suffering rear-end damage, apparently from being smashed into by a white Chevrolet van. We learned that it had been out on a test drive by a potential buyer.

Milwaukie Police Department cruisers were blocking traffic, and their officers were attending to the crash. An ambulance left the scene bound for a hospital.

“This took place on the ‘Milwaukie side’ of Ochoco Street; the center line of the road divides Portland and Milwaukie,” informed a Milwaukie officer. That’s also the line dividing Multnomah and Clackamas Counties at that location.

The following day, MPD PIO Sergeant Mark Inman responded to THE BEE’s inquiry: “It looks like one driver involved in the accident was taken to the hospital with what appeared to be minor injuries,” he said.

This smashup may be an expensive one to repair for the sports car; one can expect to pay $62,650 for a 2001 Dodge Viper GTS – if it’s in good condition. The Chevy van that ran into it will also require some substantial front-end work if it is ever to drive again.