Woman killed in SE Division Street hit-and-run

UPDATED | Sadly, the victim died soon after arriving at the hospital. Here’s the rest of the story …

Along SE Division Street, the boundary between the Mill Park and the Powellhurst-Gilbert neighborhoods, the road is shut down east of SE 122nd Avenue. Courtesy KPTV

By David F. Ashton

After a car struck a female pedestrian and then sped off – the woman may have been crossing between intersections – on SE Division Street, east of 122nd Avenue, on Wednesday afternoon, May 24, Portland Police Bureau (PPB) officers were dispatched at 1:37 p.m.

Thanks to the reinstatement of the PPB’s Traffic Division, both East Precinct and Motor Officers were sent to the scene – along with an ambulance.

“When officers arrived, they found an adult female in the road, who was taken from the scene by ambulance,” a PPB spokesperson revealed.

Numerous police officers, as well as members of the PPB Major Crash Team, arrive at the crash location. Courtesy KPTV

“Despite lifesaving efforts, the female died at the hospital,” the police spokesperson continued. “Preliminary investigation indicates the woman was a pedestrian and was struck by an eastbound driver who did not stop.”
It wasn’t long until 14 officers were there, including those with the PPB Major Crash Team, to document and investigate the fatal encounter.

For several hours, SE Division Street was closed to traffic.

An officer with the PPB Traffic Division’s Major Crash Team operates their FARO^® Forensic Technology device. Courtesy KGW TV

UPDATE
On May 29, PPB officials revealed that the woman killed in a hit-and-run crash on is identified as 35-year-old Lara C. Morrow of Portland.

If you have information about this crash, and have not spoken with the police, please email it to crimetips@police.portlandoregon.gov, and refer to Case No. 23-135823.

This crime is yet another setback for the goals of the Portland Bureau of Transportation’s Vision Zero program: It’s the 21st traffic fatality so far this year in the City of Portland; ten of which involved pedestrians – and, three of the pedestrians killed were struck by hit-and-run drivers, according to officials.

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