Driver hospitalized after car falls 100 feet near OHSU

Published 9:56 am Saturday, December 7, 2024

A driver was hospitalized Friday night after their car fell nearly 100 feet off an embankment near OHSU, officials said.

Just after 10 p.m. on Dec. 6, Portland Fire & Rescue crews responded to reports of a crash near the area of Southwest Terwilliger Boulevard and Campus Drive.

On arrival, they found a car had gone approximately 100 feet over the embankment off Terwilliger. Crews used a low-angle rope system to lift the driver up from the embankment, then took the them to the hospital by ambulance.

Officials say the driver sustained non-life-threatening injuries.

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