SE 49th / Stark, Noah Cardamon: 2005-05-30
600 SE 49th Ave (map)

18-year-old driver, apparently drunk at the time, rear-ended Cardamon, who was not wearing a helmet. The driver first told police that they had been driving past and saw a wounded cyclist, but later admitted to hitting him.

Driver was drunk at the time, and has been charged with one count of criminally negligent homicide. Her passenger, Sheena Dawn Foster, is charged with one count of hindering prosecution and one count of interfering with a police officer.

Legal update (9/14/05): According to Oregonian reporter Tony Green: “A Multnomah County grand jury in June declined to indict Dana Abdullah,the driver of a car that was involved in a fatal collision with bicyclist Noah Jacob Madison Cardamon a month earlier. Abdullah was initially charged with criminal negligent homicide. According to the prosecutor, the victim’s blood alcohol level was over 0.30—more than three times the legal limit of .08; he had marijuana in his system and on his person. Abdullah had been drinking, but she blew a 0.04. She was cited for minor in possession, which is a ticket. Finally, the victim was wearing dark clothes on a rainy night. From the scene, it appears that he possibly struck her first. The prosecutor said the grand jury just didn’t think the case was there.”