Just as the Thursday evening rush-hour was getting started on Thursday afternoon, November 21, traffic was brought to a halt by to what was at first characterized as a three-car pileup on S.E. Powell Boulevard, just west of 47th Avenue.
At 4:50 p.m., East Precinct officers, Portland Fire & Rescue (PF&R), and two ambulances were dispatched to that location.
Arriving within minutes of dispatch, the Ladder Truck Company – it carries the power rescue tools – from Woodstock’s Fire Station 25 arrived. “The occupants are out of the vehicle, no one is pinned in – and somehow – this car is on its wheels!” the Portland Fire lieutenant radioed back to dispatch.
An East Precinct officer at the scene told THE BEE that, in actuality, and for unknown reasons, the Scion xB subcompact sedan had driven into the curb, flipped over, and rolled onto its top in the westbound traffic lines of Powell.
“The Scion is the only vehicle involved,” confirmed the officer. “Two vehicles stopped to help and to block traffic; three or four big guys got out and rolled the car back onto its wheels, near the curb and out of the center traffic lane.”