Pedestrian Dies Weeks After Crash

A pedestrian has died weeks after a crash in Northeast Portland.

On Friday, September 19, 2025, at approximately 8:00 a.m., officers assigned to the Portland Police Bureau's Central Precinct were dispatched to a reported crash in the area of Northeast 16^th Avenue and Northeast Sandy Boulevard. When they arrived at the scene, officers learned that a pedestrian had been transported to a local hospital, with injuries that were believed to be non-life-threatening, after a crash involving a TriMet bus.

On Tuesday, December 16, 2025, a representative of the Multnomah County Medical Examiner's Office notified PPB's Major Crash Team Sergeant that the pedestrian, Scott Tierney, 74, of Portland, died, and the death was a result of injuries sustained in the crash.

Due to Tierney's death, this case has been assigned to an investigator with PPB's Traffic Investigations Unit. If anyone has information about this crash, and has not already spoken to police, please e-mail [email protected]… Attn: TIU and reference case number 25-258196.

This is the 44th traffic fatality of 2025 in the City of Portland.

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