September 2013
NEWS
The Southwest Portland Post • 3
Hit-and-run driver surrenders after tip leads to identity in Barbur Boulevard auto/bike crash
56, was arrested and charged with
driving with a revoked driver’s li-
cense and lodged at the Multnomah
County Detention Center.
News reports said police named
him a habitual offender.
A Ford F-150 pickup, driven by
Witt, had rear-ended a small Chev-
rolet coupe. This vehicle then rear-
ended an Audi that was in front of
the second vehicle.
According to the Portland Tri-
bune, Witt’s pickup was travel-
ing south on Interstate 5 when he
crashed into a car stuck in traffic in
front of him.
POLICE BLOTTER
By Don Snedecor
The Southwest Portland Post
On August 16, at approximately
12:50 a.m., Central Precinct officers
responded to Southwest Barbur
Boulevard, just north of the Capitol
Highway ramp on the report of a bi-
cyclist that had been hit by a vehicle
which left the scene.
After being discovered by a Tri-
Met bus driver, Portland Police
officers and medical personnel
arrived and contacted the victim,
20-year-old Henry Schmidt, who
was suffering from serious but not
life-threatening injuries.
Schmidt did not know what hap-
pened and was unable to provide of-
ficers with any vehicle information.
An anonymous tip to Crime Stop-
pers of Oregon led investigators to
the suspect vehicle, a black 2011
Subaru Legacy, at a body shop in
Wilsonville. Additional investiga-
tion identified the driver.
On August 22, Traffic Division
officers arrested the driver respon-
sible for the hit and run. 29-year-
old Miriam Ann Clinton of Lake
Oswego turned herself in to officers
at Central Precinct.
Clinton has been booked into
jail on two counts of Felony Hit
and Run. She was arraigned in
Multnomah County Court on Au-
gust 23.
The charges come as a result of the
hit and run crash that left the victim
Barbur Boulevard Project
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The purpose of the demonstra-
tion project is to increase safety and
improve non-auto access to transit,
schools, jobs, and essential services
along Southwest Barbur Boulevard.
This section is an emerging area
for growth from the City Council-
approved Barbur Concept Plan
along the Southwest Corridor.
It would also help complete the
“last mile” for people walking, bik-
ing, and accessing transit.
The average daily traffic on Bar-
bur Boulevard, which is a desig-
nated High Crash Corridor, ranges
from 26,700 to 31,200 vehicles near
the project area.
According to the Oregon Depart-
ment of Transportation, within city
limits alone there were 19 pedes-
trian crashes and 23 bike crashes on
Barbur Boulevard from 2000-2009.
Speed was a factor, but turning
type and rear-end collisions were
the most common.
Sidewalks exist in a piece-meal
fashion. Approximately 50 percent
of the Barbur Boulevard corridor
lacks sidewalks on both sides of
the street.
Poorly defined driveways,
skewed intersection geometries,
and continuous center left turn lane
pose conflicts for both bicyclists
and motorists.
That car was reportedly driven by
52-year-old courier Thomas Swift,
of Vancouver, Washington, who
crashed into the car in front of him.
Emergency crews were unable to
revive Swift, who died at the scene.
According to Portland Police
reports, for investigative reasons,
southbound I-5 was shut down at
the peak of the evening commute.
The Major Crash Team was called
out to conduct the investigation.
The investigation of this fatal
crash is ongoing. No other updates
or information were available at
press time.
Miriam Ann Clinton
injured on the side of the road on
Southwest Barbur Boulevard near
the Capitol Highway ramp.
Schmidt was taken to Oregon
Health Sciences University with
two broken legs among his injuries.
After a stay in the hospital he is cur-
rently recovering at home. Schmidt
was on his way home from work at
the Southeast Portland restaurant
Pok Pok when the accident oc-
curred.
Fatal traffic crash occurs
southbound Interstate 5
near Barbur Boulevard
On August 9 at 4:20 pm, Central
Precinct officers responded to a
three vehicle crash on southbound
I-5 near milepost 296, the Barbur
Blvd exit.
On August 14, Ronald David Witt,
This project will seek to fill miss-
ing gaps, build concrete sidewalk
segments, establish curbs, define
driveways, address Americans
with Disabilities Act barriers, and
possibly improve landscaped bar-
riers where feasible.
Enhanced crossing rapid flash-
ing beacons would be constructed
at Southwest 22nd Avenue and
connections to 26th Way.
Bus stop relocations, pull-outs,
and stop improvements would
help improve roadway operations.
This project report draft recom-
mended both the Barbur Concept
Plan and Southwest Corridor
Plan. In July 2009, Metro Council
selected the Barbur Corridor as a
priority for investment in High
Capacity Transit (rapid transit bus
or light rail).
According to Metro, an addi-
tional 21,000 households are ex-
pected by 2035. The retail market
is expected to double and 16,000
more jobs are expected over the
same period.
The Barbur Boulevard
Streetscape Plan identified the
“demonstration project” as a first
phase for implementation.
There is a lot more informa-
tion to peruse by going to http://
library.oregonmetro.gov/editor/
Southwest%20in%20Motion%20
SWIM.pdf.
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