Startling video footage shows a driver crashing through a North Portland gate in a stolen truck earlier this week, sending an employee hurtling backward.

Portland police on Friday released video footage of the incident, which unfolded two days prior at 21st Century Towing on North Kerby Avenue. The footage shows a woman wriggling under a gate, an employee showing up, and the truck smashing through the gate.

The violent collision sends the employee sprawling.

The driver then backs up and accelerates into the employee’s vehicle, and the employee confronts the driver, banging on a truck window.

The driver backs up once more and drives away, hitting the employee’s vehicle on the way out.

6 Driver crashes stolen truck through N. Portland gate, sending employee flying

Police said the employee was taken to a hospital for treatment of significant injuries that didn’t threaten his life. The people involved — a man and woman — fled the scene, according to police.

Police think the suspects showed up in a white work van with lettering on its side. One of the suspects, presumably the woman, is accused of stealing the pickup truck, a charcoal 2016 Ford F150 with a matching canopy.

Investigators are trying to find the truck, which is believed to have significant front-end damage and no front license plate, police said. Its rear plate reads 628JPG.

Detectives are also asking for help identifying the suspects.

Detailed suspect descriptions were not provided. The man has white hair and is 60 to 70 years old. The woman is 20 to 30 years old.

Police urge anyone who has information to contact Detective Nathan Moore (503-823-0693; Nathan.moore@portlandoregon.gov) or Detective Jeff Sharp (503-823-9773; jeff.sharp@portlandoregon.gov.)

Anyone who knows the location of the pickup truck or work van should call 911 and reference case No. 20-48998, according to police.

-- Jim Ryan; jryan@oregonian.com; 503-221-8005; @Jimryan015

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