Driver Arrested for Manslaughter After Killing Pedestrian
Monday, November 02, 2015
North Precinct officers reported to the scene of a single vehicle crash into a power pole at the intersection of North Lombard Street and Peninsular Avenue at 1:01 AM on Sunday
Officers and medical personnel located the crashed car, a 1999 Ford Explorer on the northwest corner of the intersection with the driver still in the vehicle. Officials also discovered a second person, initially thought to be a passenger vehicle was found dead, lying in the westbound lanes of the intersection.
Police learned that the deceased, a 27-year old male, was struck by the driver roughly one block east of the crash.
Officers arrested the driver, 21-year-old Matthew Tyler Freeman of North Portland after observing signs of impairment and learning from witnesses that Freeman was speeding prior to sticking the victim and crashing.
Freeman was arrested and booked into the Multnomah County Jail on charges of manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide, recklessly endangering another person, reckless driving and driving under the influence of intoxicants.
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