A Gresham woman is facing a slate of charges after a June 16 crash in East Portland that left a man trapped under a pickup and rushed to the hospital with serious injuries. Investigators say the driver swerved into a parked Ford F-150 near Southeast 148th Avenue and Stark Street, shoving the truck into a pedestrian who ended up pinned beneath the right-front tire.
Firefighters and paramedics lifted the pickup off the man, then took him to Oregon Health & Science University. Court records describe a likely punctured lung, a fractured pelvis, and additional head and shoulder injuries. Authorities say the driver left the scene after the initial collision and, a few blocks away, hit another vehicle before officers took her into custody.
According to The Oregonian/OregonLive, a probable-cause affidavit and other court documents say 41-year-old Laila Wafiq Hassouneh admitted taking “shots of gin.” Officers reported smelling cannabis in the car and noted a partially empty bottle in the center console. The affidavit also describes Hassouneh as unsteady on her feet, with droopy eyelids and slurred speech when police contacted her…