Woman dies 2 days after being struck by driver in Tigard; police still looking for suspect

The woman struck by a hit-and-run driver in Tigard Monday night has died, officials said. Police continue to search for the driver of the car that ...

September 23, 2023
1:18 AM

The woman struck by a hit-and-run driver in Tigard Monday night has died, officials said. Police continue to search for the driver of the car that hit her. Maria Negrete, of Tigard, was hit shortly before 9 p.m. Monday after she and her boyfriend had stopped their car on Southwest Hall Boulevard in an effort to find an object they'd thrown or dropped out of the vehicle, Tigard police said. Police have not specified the object the couple was trying to retrieve. Negrete, 45, was the single mother of five children.

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