A 12-year-old boy is recovering from minor accidents after a driver struck him whereas he was strolling in a Northeast Portland crosswalk on Friday afternoon.

Portland police mentioned the boy was in a crosswalk close to the roundabout of NE Cesar Chavez Avenue and Glisan Road round 3 p.m. when the automotive struck him. The motive force didn’t cease, and the boy was taken to the hospital with minor accidents.

Police spokesperson Mike Benner mentioned witnesses reported that the driving force was going from northbound Cesar Chavez to eastbound Glisan once they struck the kid within the crosswalk. Benner mentioned witnesses described the driving force going “extraordinarily quick” for the world, about 40 mph. He mentioned witnesses described the car as a reddish-brown early Nineties Volvo.

Reviews on social media indicated that two kids have been injured within the hit-and-run, however Benner mentioned the company didn’t have studies {that a} second youngster was harm within the crash.

Visitors-related accidents have remained excessive in Oregon for the previous a number of years, and site visitors deaths have continued to climb. Pedestrians are at specific threat, with 127 killed in 2022, in accordance with information from the Oregon Division of Transportation.

Knowledge from the Oregon Well being Authority exhibits that the variety of pedestrians who spent greater than 24 hours within the hospital for transportation-related accidents additionally rose in 2022, leaping to 382 from 329 the earlier yr.

Nonetheless, the state well being company information contains all types of transportation-related accidents, not simply those who contain automobiles. The variety of pedestrians who went to the emergency room for transportation accidents additionally climbed in 2022, after a dip the earlier yr.

—Jayati Ramakrishnan; jramakrishnan@oregonian.com