02/21/2019 - Commuter Train Pedestrian Crash aTigard Police Department
Media Release
• ' 13125 SW Hall Boulevard I Tigard,Oregon 97223 www.tigard-or.gov/police
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 21, 2019
Contact:
Stefanie Kouremetis, Community Engagement Program Coordinator
Tigard Police Department
Phone: 503-718-2814
Email: stefanie.kouremetis@tigard-or.gov
Woman Struck by WES Train in Tigard Tuesday Evening
On Tuesday, February 19`'at 5:48pm,Tigard Police officers responded to a report of a collision
between a WES Commuter Rail train,heading southbound toward the Tigard Transit Center, and a
woman reportedly walking along the train tracks. Tigard police assisted Transit Police and medical
personnel at the scene. The inter-agency Washington County Crash Analysis Reconstruction Team
responded to assist in the investigation.
The woman sustained injuries from the collision and was transported to OHSU.
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