Man surrenders in fatal Portland crash

Thursday, February 2, 2012

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- Police say a man suspected in a fatal hit-and-run crash in southeast Portland has surrendered, just as investigators were on their way to his home.

KPTV-TV reports (http://bit.ly/ABEM3B) 53-year-old Jim Dean Patterson came to a police station Thursday afternoon.

Police said Friday he's accused of failure to perform the duties of a driver in the death of 26-year-old Jason Lee Grant, a Vancouver, Wash., musician killed Saturday crossing the street.

Police say they got a tip and found a damaged pickup truck at Patterson's home.

Grant was a cellist in a band, Something Else. Three members played at a candlelight vigil Thursday for Grant.

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Information from: KPTV-TV, http://www.kptv.com/