DUI Driver Hits Police Car

Friday night, East Precinct and Traffic Division officers were investigating a crash on Northeast 82nd Avenue north of Beech Street, where a pedestrian was hit by a driver. 

While officers were conducting a crash investigation, a driver crashed into a marked police car that was blocking the northbound lanes of traffic. The police car's emergency lights were on at the time of the crash, no officers were inside the vehicle. 

Officers contacted the driver, determined that the driver was under the influence of alcohol and took the driver into custody. 

22-year-old Kiri Anna Guthridge was booked into the Multnomah County Jail on charges of Driving Under the Influence of Intoxicants (DUII) and Reckless Driving. 

The pedestrian injured in the initial crash suffered serious but not life-threatening injuries. 


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