Police: Naked man crashes truck into pole, jumps into river
PORTLAND, Ore. – A man is in the hospital after he crashed his truck into a telephone pole Saturday and ran away from the scene naked, police said.
It happened just before 4 p.m. on Highway 30 between the Sauvie Island and Saint John’s Bridges.
Witnesses told KATU News the man was pinned in the truck for about 10 minutes before he got out and took off his clothes.
He ran across the road, jumped over the embankment and into the Willamette River, witnesses said.
"I hope it was just shock," said witness Peter Ritson. "I mean, he was out of it, incoherent."
Witnesses said he wouldn’t respond to their attempts to help him.
“He was just kind of muttering,” said Steve Cloust, who witnessed the crash. “No one knows if he was a foreigner, no one could understand what he was saying, so who knows if he was high on drugs or what.”
State police caught up with him. They got him out of the river and into an ambulance.
Police identified him as 31-year-old Roger Shaw of Portland.
In a post on Facebook several weeks ago, Shaw said he went to the hospital for a fifth time "due to my meth addiction and the madness that follows."
Shaw also said he's trying to overcome his addiction.
The crash sheared a telephone pole in half. No one else was hurt.
Police said it’s unclear what caused the crash. Shaw has not been cited or arrested at this time.
"I was very worried about the guy," said Ritson. "I felt really fortunate no one else, he crossed the lane, there were bicyclists that go up and down there, felt really fortunate he wasn't in worse shape and no one else got killed in that accident."
Ah heh.... We drove by this after em crews had arrived. Other odd details: There were bits of foil backed rigid foam insulation scattered behind the wreck site. The car, perhaps a Chevy Suburban, was unprofessionally painted flat black presumably from can primer, and all windows and doors which were mostly ajar following the severe wreck had been lined with what remained of the insulation. Before any knowledge of this story or naked meth dudes, the condition of the car suggested an unconventional profile.
Must be a "Pole" dancer lol.
Meth sigh [insert adjectives here] Thank God no one else was hurt.
Meth. Wouldn't you know.
was he doing some kind of triathalon?
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Well, that'll happen...
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If you have ever crashed your truck and then ran into a river, naked.
You might be an Oregonian.
As an Oregonian, I'm deeply.... amused. :)
I must've gotten to the scene a few minutes after the firetrucks & ambulance and was stuck in the mess of the traffic back-up.... why on Earth did the road have to be closed and eastbound traffic turned back??   I would've rather sat there for awhile while the mess was cleaned up instead of having to go westbound on my way to Vancouver (can't really get to Vancouver going westbound on hwy30 from Sauvie Island! grrrr)   After making my way over Cornelius Pass Road to eastbound hwy26 I was again stuck in a lonnng traffic back-up cuz of an accident just before the tunnel. (note to self: should've chosen to go allll the way to Rainier & Longview and avoided Portland all together) Dear Portland Fire Dept, thank you for responding to traffic accidents and helping people. please clean up traffic accident sites quickly so the world can keep rolling along.  Dear Oregon & Washington, there is a large river separating the two states and access to north & southbound movement is vital.... build bridges!! thanks
 @occhiblu You should have gotten naked and started running down the highway.Â
 @KKStJohn  @occhiblu LOL! That would have got him somewhere fast!
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He didn't start out naked. Â He was still clothed when he was in the car, and speaking in tongues from what this eye witness saw.
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 @OedipusFlex Baptized in the Holy Ghost, no doubt.Â
 @OedipusFlex Everyone starts out naked. ;^)
I guess he had to "Bear it All" to show the police he had no Weapons .
He probably just got hot.
must be a randy travis fan.
Just like the airport naked guy , this one was just protesting telephone poles being installed on the sides of roads.
It was a warm day, maybe he just wanted to cool off a bit before going to jail.
Dont mess with meth. Its too bad this doper didnt take himself out of the equation that we call life.
 @commonsense33 Being naked isn't a capital offence....yet.
@KKStJohn @commonsense33 Never, ever in Portland.....especially if you ride a bicycle!
Hope all the police  wear those blue gloves so they catch any one of many possible diseases from that tweaker ... LOL
@Glenn Pierce Those are reserved for Blue Meanies!
 @jpk  @Glenn Is that a firefly reference?
Why do people get drunk, get naked, then drive, do they think other people really want to see their junk?
 @luvsoregon Yeah, this dude is weird, but It's super fun being naked. I'm in Portland and most would think of me as a more conservative guy, but on my private country land, it's great to run outdoors with nothing but shoes and socks! It's not about the others (heaven knows I wouldn't want to subject anyone to that).
 @luvsoregon Not everyone is embarrassed to get naked.
@molotovmouse But not everyone wants to see that person naked. Keep it in your own backyard.
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 @luvsoregon  @molotovmouse Provided it's well fenced and none of your neighbors can see into it.
Maybe he was hot and needed a swim. His neighbors will tell us how surprising his actions are. I am sure this must be the case. LOL
Is his last name Kaady? That sounds like something one of them would do.
 @I_Miss one of "them"???
Someone is going to have to clean the backseat of that partol car. I feel sorry for them.
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Best line of the article: "Itâs unclear what caused the crash". Really?
 @JTesla They just hose them out.
I remember once driving down the road and I ran into an old girlfriend and then, later on, she took off all my clothes and then she told me to go jump in a lake. I never ran into her again.