Crime & Safety
Taser Finally Stops Man from Running After Hit and Run and Hit and Run and Hit and Run and...
Police say driver struck three vehicles and a motorcycle before he being tasered after he tried to run after finally crashing.
It started just before 9:00 Tuesday morning when Portland Police officers saw the driver of a maroon Buck heading the wrong direction on Southwest Morrison Street by Pioneer Place.
Moments later - at SW 3rd and Morrison, the Buick hit a motorcyclist and kept going.
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The motorcyclist was taken by ambulance to a local hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
Then - just after 9:00 - officers responded to a report of a multiple vehicle crash at Southwest Barbur Boulevard and Hamilton Street.
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Officers discovered that the Buick had hit a SUV straight on and two other vehicles before crashing.
The driver got out and tried to run.
He struggled with officers who finally used a Taser to stop him.
He was taken to a local hospital with non life threatening injuries.
There are no charges yet while the investigation continues.
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