Three seriously injured after car accident in Safeway parking lot

A woman and two children were seriously injured when they were run over by a car Saturday morning in the Safeway parking lot on Northeast 63rd Street and Andresen Road, police said.

According to a news release from the Clark County Sheriff’s Office, an 18-year-old employee of the Safeway, Babucarr Touray, was parking his 2015 Honda Accord in a parking space just before 9 a.m. For an unknown reason, Touray accelerated, driving through a hedge and striking the three pedestrians walking on the other side. Authorities are investigating.

Sheriff’s Sgt. Fred Neiman said the three were run over by the car and that responders had to hoist the vehicle up to remove them from underneath it.

The woman was identified as 34-year-old Melissa McAllister, and her two sons, aged 21 months and 4 years old, the news release said. All three were transported to Emanuel Hospital in Portland. McAllister and her oldest son are in serious but stable condition, while the younger boy is in fair and stable condition.

Neiman said there was no indication that the pedestrians were running or were in traffic but were instead walking along a sidewalk divider in the parking lot.

He said that traffic detectives seized the vehicle involved and will seek a search warrant to access its onboard computer.

“Those onboard computers just have a wealth of information in them for traffic investigations,” Neiman said. Accessing the computer, he said, will allow detectives to determine exactly what pedal was pushed by the driver and when.

He said no charges have been filed against the driver.

Touray, who was not injured, was cooperating and had no signs of impairment, according to the sheriff’s office.