On Thursday, November 21, three pickup trucks were involved in a smashup during the evening rush hour, at the complex intersection of S.E. Foster Road, 50th Avenue, and Powell Boulevard.
At 6:54 p.m., East Precinct officers, Portland Fire & Rescue (PF&R) , and an ambulance were sent to this incident describedas an “injury accident with entrapment”.
Officers found three smashed pickup trucks: a Chevrolet S10, a RAM 1500, and a GMC pickup.
One of the occupants had called 9-1-1, and told the operator that that person was trapped in the smoking vehicle and could not escape. A crew from PF&R Woodstock Station 25’s Ladder Truck Company – equipped with power rescue tools – was dispatched to the scene. Moments later, PPB officers radioed that everyone had managed to get out of their vehicles, and that the rescue equipment wasn’t needed.
However, two of the three trucks were disabled in the eastbound lanes of Powell Boulevard, and were blocking westbound movement of Foster Road. The third truck’s driver was able to move his vehicle into the Burger King parking lot.