Driver Arrested In Fatal June Crash

On Thursday August 17, 2017, at approximately 1:30 p.m., officers with the Portland Police Bureau Traffic Division's Traffic Investigation Unit arrested 29-year-old Amanda Erickson in the 7900 block of North McKenna Avenue.

The investigation began on June 28, 2017, after a fatal vehicle crash in the area of North Columbia Boulevard and North Swift Court. Erickson was the driver of a vehicle that collided with another vehicle. The crash left the two passengers in Erickson's vehicle dead and seriously injured the driver of another vehicle.

Officers lodged Erickson in the Multnomah County Jail on two counts of Manslaughter in the Second Degree, three counts of Reckless Driving, and one count of Driving Under the Influence of Intoxicants.


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