Five Pedestrians Hit By Cars
November 21, 2012, 11:49 am
Tuesday night and Wednesday morning were tragic on the roads with four separate wrecks involving pedestrians across the metro area. One person died and four others were injured.
71-year-old Ksenia Aleksandrova and 70-year-old Pavel Krivolenkov were crossing Washington Street near 108th Avenue when they were hit. Sadly, Aleksandrova did not survive.
Also in Southeast Portland, a 16-year-old boy was critically injured when he darted across 82nd Avenue from the Fred Meyer near Foster Road.
A 14-year-old boy was also running across an Aloha street on his way home from sports practice when he was hit by a vehicle on SW Farmington Road near 189th Avenue and knocked unconscious. He's in stable condition.
A fifth pedestrian was struck around 6:30 this morning at Southeast 39th and Hawthorne. Their injuries are not as serious.