Pedestrian Injury in Southeast Portland Last Night

Last night, Monday July 2, 2012, Portland Police officers assigned to East Precinct and the Traffic Division responded to the report of a car accident where a pedestrian was struck by a vehicle on Southeast 82nd Avenue near Insley Street.

Officers and medical personnel arrived and located the adult male victim suffering from serious personal injuries. He has been transported to an area hospital and his current condition is not known.

Traffic investigators are in the early stages of gathering information and no determination of what led up to the crash has been made at this time.

At this time there is no determination of whether the driver was negligent. But the story brings up an important point – even where a driver is seemingly not at fault, there may be other contributing factors that clients do not even think about. For example, perhaps there was not sufficient lighting or a cross-walk signal malfunctioned. Or maybe another driver caused the accident. The bottom line is that if you have been injured, before giving up on any claim, you should give a call to discuss it. Often I have helped clients think about a case in a new light – and discovered a negligent party that the client was not even thinking about. Contact me today for a free consultation.