BEAVERTON, Ore. (KOIN) — A motorcyclist was seriously hurt early Monday morning when the driver of a blue Kia appears to intentionally swerve into him — a crash caught on the dashcam of another motorist.
The hit-run happened around 6:15 a.m. on Hwy 26 between Hwy 217 and Cedar Hills Boulevard. The Kia driver then sped off down the highway in actions the Beaverton police believe were intentional.
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The motorcyclist, a young man in his 20s, slid 250 feet on his stomach, his clothing shredded by the road, said his mother, Patsy. The gear shifter pierced his steel-toe boot and his helmet split from the impact of the crash.
“There’s no steel toe left,” said Patsy, who asked to not use her last name. “There is a crack through it but the helmet saved his life.”
But the video only tells part of the story. She said before the motorcycle and Kia come into the view of the dashcam, the driver tried to run her son off the road several times as he rode to work. Her son flipped off the Kia driver immediately before being slammed into and run off the road…