BEAVERTON, Oregon — The parents of a Portland State University student killed in a crash on Highway 217 said a moment of distraction by another driver cost their daughter her life.
Diana Minko was driving home the evening of March 21, when Beaverton police said a driver behind Minko bent down to pick up his cell phone. In that moment, traffic ahead had stopped near Allen Boulevard. The driver failed to notice in time, rear‑ending Minko’s car and pushing it into another vehicle, police said.
Minko’s parents, Jessica and Loretta Altman-Pollack, said Minko would have turned 22 next week…