Salem Police today confirm a driver killed a person on foot and fled the scene last week in close-in West Salem.
From Salem PD last week:
At approximately 8:30 p.m. Monday evening, December 23, Salem Police officers responded to the call of an injured man found in the roadway in the area of Murlark AV and Edgewater ST NW.
The man, age 63, was pronounced deceased at the scene by paramedics. The name of the victim is being withheld pending notification to the family.
The Salem Police Traffic Team is investigating the incident as a possible hit-and-run. Anyone who may have information related to this investigation is encouraged to call the Salem Police Tips Line at 5035888477.
An update today (see the separate rewrite at Salem Reporter for a good image from the video):
The preliminary investigation done by the Traffic Team determined the man found in the roadway on the evening of December 23 was struck by a vehicle that left the scene. The victim, identified as Steven Craig Bishop, was pronounced deceased by responding paramedics.
The hit-and-run fatality occurred on Murlark AV just north of Edgewater ST NW at about 8:30 p.m.
Video surveillance near the area where Bishop was found shows a passing motorist minutes before the call to police was received. In the recording, a white vehicle is seen traveling eastbound on Edgewater ST NW as it approaches Murlark AV NW. The vehicle appears to be a Jeep Grand Cherokee, possibly a 2015 or 2016 model year.
Investigators ask for the public’s help in finding this vehicle of interest.
If you are the driver, know the person driving in the video, or if you have information about the case, please call the Traffic Team investigators at 503-588-8477.
While Salem Reporter also has a just-published overview of all the deaths in the area on our roads, "2024 was the deadliest year in at least a decade on Salem’s roads, with 25 fatal crashes," the victim-blaming remains troublesome and misleading:
Some factors considered to drive the increase are growing use of smartphones, substance use and a lack of sidewalks. ...In an email, Hedrick said a majority of those crashes [involving people on foot and on bike] happened due to the victims not being visible and illegally being in the roadway.
Historian Peter Norton has been talking about victim-blaming, the development of the exonerative voice, and sophistry with cooked up stats for autoist propaganda.
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| The data was cooked up! via bluesky |
Speed is the primary cause! At slower speeds many of these crashes are not fatal.
See also recently here:
- On widespread usage of the exonerative voice, "Jaydriving and Lunacy in our Language"
- And on blaming clothing choices, "The High-Viz Jacket won't Save You: Vision Zero Plan must focus on Drivers and their Cars."
This post may be updated.
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| Back in 2015 we said "troubling" but really, how troubled are we? |
Killed in 2024
- Robert Duane Marshall (Center and High)
- David Henten Stockam (Mission Street near I-5)
- Randall Dale Wilson (Rickey Street)
- Lois Marie Randall (Liberty Street NE)
- Patricia Ann Estrada (Edgewater on-ramp to Highway 22)
- Michael Sissell (State Street)
- Teresita Telesfora Millard (Lancaster Drive)
Killed in 2023
- Marganne Allen (biking on High Street)
- Julia Aubrey Wade (on Lancaster Drive)
- Adam Joy (biking on Wallace Road near Wheatland)
- Michael Scott Campos-Kegley (on Chemawa Road)
- John Alvin Schwiewek (on Turner Road)
- Ronald Bert Olbekson (Lancaster Drive) and Jose Romero Cruz (Highway 22 near Doaks Ferry)
- Kiristian Murauo (Cordon Road)
Killed in 2022
- George Heitz and Moira Hughes (inside their own home)
- Jowand Beck, Luke Kagey, Joe Posada III, and Rochelle Zamacona (camping on Front between Union and Division)
- Unknown person (on Cordon Road)
- Unknown person (on Lancaster Drive)
- Unknown person (on Lancaster Drive)
- Charles Dwayne Hatfield (I-5 in Linn County)
- Wesley James Crossman (RR)
- Vince Edward Fouts (Woodmansee Park lot)
- Cassandra Sullivan (I-5)
- Cynthia Lynn Perry Rizzo (Sunnyview Road)
- Kelly Joseph Fields (Cordon Road)
- Michael Ernest Summers (I-5)
- Denise Marie Vandyke (State and High)
- Linda Louise Wisher (Madrona Ave)
Killed in 2021
- Unknown person (I-5 and Market Street interchange)
- Rachel Bunting (while operating a bus for Cherriots)
- Blake Saville (on bike)
- Christian Kennedy (on Silverton Road)
- Galina Dvorskaya (south Commercial)
- Marlene Moreno (downtown crosswalk)
- Becky Dietzel (on North River Road)
- Unknown person (on Church St downtown)
- Aleta Pierre-Kelly (Mission Street)
- Eileen Johnson (on bike)
- Unknown person (on bike crossing Salem Parkway)
- Anthony Garza (on bike, crossing I-5)
- Christine Klug (on I-5)
- Samuel Lannigan (Lancaster Drive)
- Jaime Le Ann Hall (on skateboard)
- Sharon Pritchard
- Mario Lopez-Lopez (walking a bike)
- Unknown person via SJ (on I-5 near Market St)
- Andrew Otho Polston (biking on Windsor Island Road)
- Jolene Braasch Berry (on bike)
- Richardo Morales Avila (in McMinnville)
- Octavious Calloway (on I-5 near Market St)
- Selma Pierce
- Hermilo Mata Jr.
- Unknown person (on mobility scooter)
- Marshall Leslie
- Linda Adamson (south Salem) and Stephanie Ashford (biking on Lakeside Drive)
- Joseph Rodriguez (Lakeside Drive)
- Jason Libel (on bike)
- Josephine Watkins
- Rodric Kenyon Drolshagen
Killed in 2017
Killed in 2016:
- Olivia Stroup
- Jaren Nash
- Alex Armes
- Anthony Earnest
- Baxter Harrell
- Unknown (just outside Salem)
- Bradley Goad (in Silverton)
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