Portlander Samuel Hambrick never learned to drive because he believed cars were too dangerous. "He was afraid he could hurt someone," his mother, Susan Hambrick told the Mercury. In September 2021, Samuel was walking along Highway 30 in Northwest Portland in the early morning when he was hit and killed by a person driving a car. The highway doesn’t have sidewalks or a large shoulder, so Samuel—a transit-dependent pedestrian—was walking on the side of the.
Portlander Samuel Hambrick never learned to drive because he believed cars were too dangerous. "He was afraid he could hurt someone," his mother, Susan Hambrick told the Mercury. In September 2021, Samuel was walking along Highway 30 in Northwest Portland in the early morning when he was hit and killed by a person driving a car. The highway doesn’t have sidewalks or a large shoulder, so Samuel—a transit-dependent pedestrian—was walking on the side of the.