Tractor-trailer driver detained after 1 dead, 1 hospitalized in NE Portland hit-run

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A tractor-trailer driver was detained by police near Oak Grove after hitting and killing one pedestrian and seriously injuring another in Northeast Portland early Sunday morning.

Just before 3 a.m., officers responded to reports of the crash at Northeast Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard and Holladay Street.

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Arriving at the scene, they found two people who had been hit by a passing tractor trailer. One was dead and the other was taken to a hospital with serious injuries. Their current condition has not been released at this time.

Police said the tractor trailer did not stop, but was followed by a witness…

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