Portland PSU Vehicle-Ramming (U.S)
Channel: Q&A News
Date: 2018-05-25

On Friday, May 25, 2018, At least three women were injured after an SUV jumped a curb & rammed them before speeding away from the scene at the Portland State University campus in Portland, Oregon, United States of America.

Portland Fire & Rescue officials confirmed authorities were responding to the incident near the intersection of SW 6th Avenue & SW Hall Street around 10:20 a.m. local time.

Police asked for help locating the SUV. By 12:45 p.m. local time, authorities said the vehicle had been located, they pulled over a vehicle with front-end damage & took a suspect into custody at Northeast 16th Avenue & Glisan Street, Police say a witness called them after seeing a parked vehicle that matched the description they’d put out (Blue suv w/ front end damage), when police arrived, they found a man in the driver’s seat & took him into custody.

Portland police confirmed that three women were injured Friday in a hit-in-run reported in downtown Portland, they said the injuries appeared to be serious & two of the women’s injuries appeared to be life-threatening, authorities said a fourth person might have also been injured but left the scene before police arrived.

Officials did not rule out the possibility that the crash could be connected to terrorism, a unidentified witness, who said he was nearly run over, also said that it was clear that the driver of the car acted intentionally before the crash, he said "When he got right before me he gunned it,” he estimated that the vehicle was traveling at about 45 mph when it collided with several pedestrians.

A bystander named Matt Ritzi said that he was walking to Portland State University when he saw the aftermath of the accident, which left three or four people on the ground, he said he saw more than a dozen people trying to help them, he said "I heard a lot of moaning & crying, I didn't see much movement."

Location: https://www.google.com/maps/place/SW+6th+Ave+%26+SW+Hall+St,+Portland,+OR+97201,+USA/

Source: https://twitter.com/Oregonian
Source: https://www.ajc.com/news/national/several-injured-after-car-jumps-curb-portland-oregon-reports/Oz3Ch6BsmewNB9nBn4FlAL/

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