EDITOR’S NOTE: This story has been updated to reflect the Portland Police Bureau’s total traffic deaths in 2024. This total is separate from the totals reflected by other agencies; it excludes “crashes involving suicide, private property, non-public roadways, non-motor vehicles, medical events, and deaths that happen more than 30 days after a crash.”
PORTLAND, Ore. ( KOIN ) — A woman is dead after she was hit by a car in Southeast Portland on Wednesday morning, authorities said.
According to Portland police, this death marks the 69th traffic-related fatality in Portland this year.
Officers responded to the crash near SE Powell Boulevard and 82nd Avenue, where they found a woman who had been hit by a car just before 9 a.m.
The driver of the car stayed at the scene and the woman, later identified as 81-year-old Muoi Te Hua, was taken to a nearby hospital.
Investigators said that it appeared like the driver was leaving a parking lot when he struck Hua, but that there were not any signs of impairment involved.