PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A homeless individual was hospitalized Thursday night after being struck by a train in SE Portland.
Portland Fire & Rescue crews responded to the scene just before 7 p.m. after receiving a report that a person had been hit by a freight train alongside the Union Pacific railroad tracks in the Wilkes Neighborhood.
“The victim was visible from I-84 lying on the south side of the railroad tracks and was seen moving, indicating this was not a fatal event. Crews used a 24’ extension ladder to descend from the freeway … and made access to the patient,” officials said. “The victim complained primarily of hip pain leading to crews performing appropriate interventions for this and all other treatments given the mechanism of injury.”…