Jesus Christ, is nowhere safe?

According to a police report sent out this morning, a 72-year-old man named Yeung Ma was walking on the sidewalk down 82nd Avenue near Mill Street on Saturday morning when the driver of an Acura Integra turned onto 82nd Avenue too fast, drove up onto the sidewalk and struck Mr. Ma, a tree, and a parking pole.

Ma was taken to the hospital, where he died. The driver, 60-year-old Luan Le, has yet to be charged with any crime. Once again, if you want to kill someone and get away with it, use your car.

Meanwhile, in good news, the new director of the Portland Bureau of Transportation and skaterboi Tom Miller is open to the idea of making SW Ankeny car-free. This is that little stretch of road that feels like an alley next to Valentine's and VooDoo Donuts. Seeing as it's often packed with people and is only one lane, I think it makes total sense to shut it to cars.