Car smashes into KXL building, employees blame an angry listener

Car smashes into KXL building, employees blame an angry listener

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Story Published: Mar 14, 2008 at 2:39 PM PDT

Story Updated: Mar 14, 2008 at 4:52 PM PDT

By Susan Harding and KATU Web Staff

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PORTLAND, Ore. - A Portland radio station was damaged Friday afternoon when an unidentified driver smashed into the lobby and then drove away.



The incident happened around 1 p.m. at KXL Radio, located at 234 S.W. Bancroft Street. No one was in the lobby at the time, except for the receptionist.  She was shaken up but not injured.

Police said they are not yet ready to classify what happened as an accident or intentional, although witnesses said the driver smashed into the building at least three times before taking off.

According to P.K., one of the morning radio show personalities at the station, KXL had been receiving threats from a particular person for a number of years. 

"About four years ago we started getting e-mails about how he doesn't like the morning show," he said.  "And once very six months we'd get death threats.  We got one last Wednesday, which was just a bunch of nothingness, you know.  I think he was talking about throwing babies in hot oil.  It was just nothing.  We didn't read it.  We just threw it away.  We thought it was one of his rants and next thing we know we're at lunch and somebody drove a car through a window."

Police are looking for the suspect vehicle, described as a white, older model Toyota Corolla with Washington license plates - 683 RYU.

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