Deadly motorcycle crash blocks I-5 southbound at Marquam Bridge in Portland
A deadly motorcycle crash has Interstate 5 southbound closed just south of the Marquam Bridge Friday evening, Portland Police said. The crash was reported at about 6:15 p.m. at the southbound I-5 exit ‘299A/Lake Oswego.’ First responders say they arrived to find a motorcycle rider dead. Initial reports state there were no other vehicles involved. This is the second motorcyclist to die in a crash on Interstate 5 in Portland in the last two days. Yesterday another rider died on I-5 northbound. PAST COVERAGE | Northbound I-5 in North Portland reopens after deadly motorcycle crash Drivers are being asked to use I-205 as a bypass, since southbound traffic is being rerouted onto I-405 northbound. PPB is asking anyone with information about the crash who hasn’t already talked with police to send in a tip and reference case number 26-178327 - [email protected] “This is the 20th traffic-related fatality this year in Portland, and the second in a span of 25 hours,” a Portland Police official said. “This is the 8th of the year involving a motorcycle or gas-powered scooter.”
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