Thief Who Damaged Traffic Lights Contributed to Fatal Portland Motorcycle Crash, Police Say

Precious Metal Thieves Getting Out Of Control After Deadly Accident

A copper thief who sliced through traffic-signal wiring at a northeast Portland interchange set the stage for a crash that killed a motorcyclist.

Wire theft from traffic signal led to fatal motorcycle, semi crash: PPB

Portland police investigating a deadly crash between a motorcycle and a semi truck are now saying a copper wire theft from a traffic light led to the collision earlier in December.

Thief who damaged traffic lights contributed to fatal Portland motorcycle crash, police say

The crash killed 52-year-old James P. Goldsmith of Fairview.

Police: Copper wire thief breaks traffic light, causes deadly crash in NE Portland

Someone stealing copper wire caused a deadly crash earlier this month, Portland Police said, because it damaged a traffic light at the intersection where a moto

Police: Copper wire theft led to traffic light outage, contributed to deadly Portland crash

A suspected theft of copper wire connected to traffic light contributed to a deadly crash in northeast Portland earlier this month.

Theft of copper wire from traffic light contributed to crash that killed motorcyclist, police say

The motorcyclist died after crashing into a semi truck that was exiting I-205 onto NE Airport Way. The intersection's traffic light was out at the time.