Southeast Portland News

A 3-year-old boy was left stranded at a MAX platform when a door on the train malfunctioned, separating the toddler from his dad.

The incident happened Monday, Nov. 16 at the S.E. Main Street Station.

According to TriMet, as the boy was getting off the train, he pushed the accessible ramp button on the door, causing it to open and then close again to deploy the ramp. TriMet officials say the door should have reopened but it didn't and the father and son were separated. They are investigating, saying the ramp deployment process may have been overridden by the operator, causing it to be interrupted.

“He (the operator) may have said, ‘Mmm, don’t know that’s needed and may have just stopped that whole process,” says TriMet spokeswoman Mary Fetsch.

A 3-year-old boy was left stranded at a MAX platform when a door on the train malfunctioned, separating the toddler from his dad.

The incident happened Monday, Nov. 16 at the S.E. Main Street Station.

According to TriMet, as the boy was getting off the train, he pushed the accessible ramp button on the door, causing it to open and then close again to deploy the ramp. TriMet officials say the door should have reopened but it didn't and the father and son were separated. They are investigating, saying the ramp deployment process may have been overridden, causing it to be interrupted. It is unclear what the driver was doing at the time.

A woman who was standing on the platform tried to get the door to open, but couldn't and the train took off. She ended up staying with the boy until his father returned seven minutes later from a returning train.

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This week local doctors say there are fewer cases of the H1N1 virus.

But the number of colds are on the rise. 

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Police are trying to find a girl who may have been the target of an attempted kidnapping.

Officers were called to the area of Southeast 136th and Division Wednesday afternoon. Two witnesses said a man tried to grab a girl and then chased her.  The witnesses said they intervened and the girl ran off.

Police are questioning a 35-year-old man in the case and would like to speak with the girl. She is described as about 12 years old, 5 feet tall, thin, with light brown shoulder-length hair. She was wearing tan pants, a dark-colored jacket and was carrying a pink backpack.