The family and friends of an avid Portland runner are insisting she didn’t cross the street against the light before she was struck and killed by a motor vehicle.
But Portland Police say she did.
Diane Bell, 75, died on November 20 when she was hit by a car at the intersection of Marginal Way and Franklin Arterial.
At a vigil Monday night, her supporters said she took every precaution to be safe.
They say they believe she pushed the walk button before running through the intersection.
“We shouldn’t be here,” Bell’s daughter, Jaime Bell Fairfield, told the crowd. “We have to change something. This is not OK. She did everything right. She pushed the button. She wore an entire body suit that lit up.”
But according to the Portland Police, Bell ran against the light.
If she did push the button, the questions might be whether she failed to wait long enough for the light to give her the right of way or whether it possibly malfunctioned.
