Crime & Safety

Pedestrian Struck And Killed In Hit And Run Sunday Night

The man was found laying in the road in the 7000-block of North Fessenden Street around 10 p.m. Nov. 26, police said.

PORTLAND, OR — A pedestrian was killed in an apparent hit and run in the St. Johns area of North Portland Sunday night, according to Portland police. Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call the traffic division.

A man was struck by a dark-colored sedan in the 7000-block of North Fessenden Street just before 10 p.m. Nov. 26, police said. Community members were giving the man CPR when first responders arrived, but police said he'd already died.

The vehicle suspected of hitting the man drove off after the collision, police said, noting it should have noticeable front end damage.

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North Fessenden Street was closed from North Alma Avenue to North Columbia Way while police and criminalists from the Forensic Evidence Division investigated.

Anyone with information about what happened is asked to call the Traffic Investigation Unit at 503-823-2103.

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