As stupid acts of criminality go, this one may not be particularly menacing. But it is exceedingly dumb.

Portland police discovered a camper Sunday morning stuck along a pedestrian and bike overpass high above Interstate 205 in the Lents neighborhood.

Folks, @OregonDOT maintains a couple of pedestrian/bike ONLY bridges over I-205 in the precinct. Shaking our heads over this one. This is at SE Steele St between 92nd/96th. Please honor the crime scene tape and avoid the overpass until @OregonDOT can assess. #pdxtraffic pic.twitter.com/A54RbWUQ8I — PPB East Precinct (@ppbeast) April 28, 2019

It appears that someone thought it wise to attempt towing the camper across the overpass instead of, you know, using a road.

Officers at Portland’s east precinct posted photos of the mess at about 8 a.m.

“Shaking our heads over this one,” the Tweet read.

Police say the driver of the vehicle fled the scene after the camper got stuck on the overpass, at Southeast Steele Street near 92nd Avenue. Authorities have no witnesses.

Police say the overpass will remain closed for cleanup.

A photo from Google Maps shows that signage at the overpass explicitly states: “NO MOTOR VEHICLES."

-- Brad Schmidt

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