A copper thief who sliced through traffic-signal wiring at a northeast Portland interchange set the stage for a Dec. 11 crash that killed a motorcyclist, the latest example of metal scavengers turning critical infrastructure into a lethal hazard, police say.
“Some time before the crash, someone cut wires in the transfer box leading to the traffic lights in the intersection,” the bureau said in a news release. “That caused the lights to stop working and is a contributing factor to the crash.”
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