A 71-year-old pedestrian has died after being hit by a vehicle late Wednesday night in Portland’s Lents neighborhood. East Precinct officers responded around 11:30 p.m. to a reported crash in the 5500 block of Southeast 92nd Avenue. The victim, identified as Ronnie J. Jessie of Clackamas, was taken to a hospital with life-threatening injuries and later died.
Where It Happened and Safety Work in Lents
The crash took place on Southeast 92nd Avenue, a busy outer east Portland corridor running through the Lents neighborhood. The Portland Bureau of Transportation has identified this stretch for upgrades tied to the SE Foster-Woodstock Couplet project. City planners and safety advocates say projects like that, combined with lower posted speeds and safer crossings, are part of a broader Vision Zero effort to cut down on deadly crashes on high-injury streets. For details on the local project, see the Portland Bureau of Transportation.
Investigation Ongoing…