On Thursday, June 21, 2018, at 12:33 a.m., Central Precinct officers responded to the report of a hit and run crash in the 4000 block of Southwest Macadam Avenue.
As officers responded to the crash location, information was broadcast that the driver of a green Volkswagen Cabriolet had crashed into multiple orange traffic cones, an illuminated trailer-mounted traffic arrow board and continued driving.
When officers arrived they contacted the traffic control flaggers. Officers learned that the flaggers observed a green Volkswagen drive northbound on Southwest Macadam Avenue towards the construction zone at a high rate of speed. The flaggers watched the Volkswagen crash into the trailer-mounted arrow board, causing the trailer to crash down an embankment and land on a parked car. The driver reportedly continued driving north on Southwest Macadam Avenue after the collision.
Additional officers searched the area for the suspected hit and run driver and vehicle. An officer located a green Volkswagen with significant front end damage in the 3400 block of Southwest Macadam Avenue. The officer contacted a person associated with the Volkswagen. Based on information gathered during the contact, the officer took the person associated with the Volkswagen into custody without incident.
There were no reported injuries as a result of this traffic crash.
The suspect has been identified as 43-year-old Carlos F. Perez Jasso. Perez Jasso was lodged at the Multnomah County Jail on charges of Driving Under the influence of Intoxicants, Fail to Perform the Duties of a Driver -- Property Damage, and Reckless Driving.
The Portland Police Bureau is committed to working with our partners in government and the community to create safer streets and work towards reducing, and eventually eliminating, traffic fatalities as part of Vision Zero.
To learn more about the City of Portland's Vision Zero effort, please visit: http://www.portlandoregon.gov/transportation/40390
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