Traffic accident involving passenger vehicle and box truck on I-5, Portland OR

Traffic

Reported: 10/31/2025 06:53 AM

I-5, Portland, OR

A traffic accident occurred on southbound I-5 near Exit 299A involving a small white passenger vehicle that struck the median and a nearby box truck. No injuries were reported, and emergency responders including fire rescue attended the scene to manage the situation.

Audio|Source: Portland Area Fire and Rescue

01:48

Transcript:

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We arrived right at ignition 99 a.m.

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southbound side.

00:03

Is this going to be on the off ramp or is this going to be just further south on 9-5?

00:13

Looking at it on the camera and it looks like it's on I-5 itself.

00:20

The squad will continue to shop, though we're not saying anything updates here.

00:29

In all companies, truck one's arrived.

00:32

It is a little bit further south.

00:34

We do have one small white passenger vehicle up against the median with some damage.

00:39

Another box truck pulled over.

00:42

Truck one has command.

00:44

Truck 1B is investigating.

00:48

A small white passenger vehicle up against the median and another box truck up a little further. Truck one has come in.

00:56

And truck one from C1.

01:02

Go ahead, C1.

01:05

Yeah, I actually drove right past it because it wasn't that big a deal.

01:10

So I'm going to have to spin around, or if you think it's appropriate to clear everybody and just have truck one handle.

01:19

That's appropriate.

01:23

Yeah, Chief, just did a face-to-face with my B team. They're reporting no injuries.

01:28

Everyone's okay and out of the vehicle.

01:30

Let's go ahead.

01:31

Dispatch in all companies recall this incident.

01:33

I'll keep Truck 1 on scene for a few minutes that all other companies can return. We'll return to Ops 1.

01:40

Truck 1 copy. This will be a recall of this traffic accident.

01:44

Truck 1's working. Everybody else can clear and return,

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and you're going back to Ops 1.

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