PORTLAND, Ore. ( KOIN ) — The driver who died after crashing into a pole in North Portland last month has been identified, police said.
The night of Jan. 4, officers responded to North Willamette Boulevard and Burr Avenue in the Cathedral Park neighborhood on reports of a single-vehicle crash.
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Police said they arrived to find the vehicle with the driver – identified as 60-year-old Russell Piltz – seriously injured after crashing into a pole.
Piltz was taken to the hospital where he later died from his injuries…