A reckless drunk driver in a stolen vehicle eluded police and crashed into a Portland Streetcar stop in the Pearl District.
On Saturday, February 1, at a. He requested cover units to assist, but before they could arrive the driver pulled away onto the street. The officer was initiating a traffic stop, but the suspect driver preemptively eluded the officer, accelerating above the speed limit and turning southbound 10th Avenue from Northwest Marshall Street, which is against the one-way traffic.
Officers turned off their overhead emergency police lights to avoid pushing him to continue his dangerous driving, but then he lost control and crashed into a streetcar stop at Northwest 10th Avenue and Northwest Glisan Street. A Portland Streetcar was serving that stop at the time of the crash, and at least three people were nearly struck.
They scrambled out of the way and no one was hurt. The driver of the stolen vehicle jumped out and ran, but the officer quickly overtook him, did a takedown, and arrested the driver. He was transported to the hospital, treated and released, then transported by police vehicle to jail case number Photo Descriptions: A Portland officer investigates a white Jeep SUV with heavy front end damage inside a Portland Street car shelter, broken glass and bent metal pushed aside by the impact.
A rear view of the white jeep crashed into the damaged shelter, a Portland Police officer seen working at the scene. Vancouver Fire was dispatched to SE th Ct for the report of a house fire at approx. This fire was called in by the neighbor after hearing explosions and seeing fire coming from the front of the house. The first fire engine arrived within 6 minutes and reported fire showing from the 2-story house and pulled hose lines inside to keep the fire from advancing further into the home and to search for any occupants that could be inside.
