TriMet News

Family Oregon Woman Killed by Train Sues for $12.5M

Two years after she was struck and killed by a light rail train, Chance Hoyt’s family is suing TriMet for $12.5 million, alleging that the transit agency could have prevented the Portland woman’s death. The Oregonian/OregonLive reported Hoyt’s mother, Lynne, …

$4M Settlement In Fatal Oregon Bus-Pedestrians Case

A Portland, Ore.-area transit agency and its bus manufacturer have agreed to pay $4 million to five plaintiffs to resolve lawsuits filed after a TriMet bus hit a group of pedestrians in 2010, killing two and injuring three others. TriMet …