3 Hurt, 1 Killed In Multi-Vehicle Crash On I-5 Sunday Night

PORTLAND, OR — Two separate crashes by Delta Park in North Portland killed one person and seriously injured three others, including a Portland police officer, early Sunday evening.

According to police, a white Ford Mustang and a Chevrolet pickup truck collided in the northbound lanes of Interstate-5, between North Marine Drive and the Interstate Bridge, around 6:45 p.m. Nov. 26. Both vehicles were each occupied by two people, police said, adding that speed is considered a factor in the crash.

In the Mustang, police found one person had been killed and the other was suffering from serious, life-threatening injuries. In the Chevy, one person sustained non-life-threatening injuries while the other was not hurt in anyway that required a medical transport to hospital.

Following the crash but after police arrived on scene, a Ford Focus collided with one of the stopped Portland police patrol vehicles; the patrol car was occupied by two officers and reportedly had its emergency lights activated when it was hit.

One of the officers sustained serious but non-life-threatening injuries; the other was assessed by first responders and did not need to go to hospital.

It total, paramedics transported three people, including one of the officers, to hospital.

Portland police spokesman Sgt. Christopher Burley told Patch in an email Monday that the Focus driver did not receive any injuries that required transport to hospital, though they did receive a citation. He could not immediately provide details on the citation.

Three northbound lanes were closed while officers investigated the two crashes, police said.

Anyone who witnessed the Mustang-Chevy crash is asked to call the Traffic Investigation Unit at 503-823-2103.

This post has been updated with additional information about the driver of the Ford Focus.

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