PORTLAND, Ore. — Police arrested a man accused of hitting and killing a man in a hit-and-run crash in Southeast Portland Friday evening.
The Portland Police Bureau (PPB) reported Tuesday morning that 47-year-old Antonio Guiseppe Panciarelli was arrested Monday and booked in the Multnomah County Jail. He faces a felony charge of failure to perform the duties of a driver and negligent homicide.
PPB said Panciarelli is accused of driving the 1999 black Nissan Maxima sedan that hit and killed Cedar Markey-Towler near Southeast Foster Road and 110th Drive on Feb. 25. Markey-Towler, a Portland resident, was 41.
On Feb. 25 at 6:54 p.m., police responded to a report of a crash involving a pedestrian and vehicle near Southeast Foster Road and 110th Drive, in the Powellhurst-Gilbert neighborhood. Officers and paramedics arrived to the scene and found an injured man. On Feb. 28, police identified the man as Markey-Towler. He was taken to the hospital, and police said his injuries were believed to be non-life threatening. The Portland Police Bureau (PPB) determined that a suspect hit the pedestrian with a vehicle and then left the scene.
Later Friday evening, officers were notified that Markey-Towler's injuries were more serious than initially believed and he died at the hospital.
PPB said the incident marks the 13th traffic fatality and the seventh pedestrian-involved fatal crash of 2022. Portland saw 63 traffic deaths in 2021, the most since 1990. Pedestrians accounted for 27 traffic deaths, up from 18 the year before.
Anyone with information about the incident is asked to contact crimetips@portlandoregon.gov and address the Traffic Investigations Unit, referencing case number 22-52950. People can also call (503)823-2103.
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