Correction appended

A man was arrested about an hour after a hit-and-run accident left a motorcyclist dead Tuesday afternoon at Southeast 148th Avenue and Powell Boulevard.

Police said Wednesday that Pavel Vasilyevich Krechko, 19, was booked into the Multnomah County Detention Center on one count of reckless driving, one count of second-degree manslaughter, a felony count of failure to perform the duties of a driver, and a misdemeanor count of failure to perform the duties of a driver.

Pavel Vasilyevich Krechko

Wednesday afternoon police identified the motorcyclist as Brandon Cody Reid, 32.

Police said Krechko had been involved in a minor crash at Powell just west of 148th about 3:30 p.m. and was fleeing when he crashed into the motorcycle head-on at the intersection. In that first crash, police say Krechko rear-ended a Chrysler PT Cruiser in his Mercedes-Benz at Southeast 147th Avenue and Powell Boulevard. The force of that crash caused the PT Cruiser to strike another car. Krechko immediately drove away, heading east on Powell Boulevard. According to police, Krechko turned left onto Southeast 148th Avenue, and drove directly into the path of a motorcycle that was on Powell. The motorcycle, driven by Reid, crashed into Krechko’s car. Reid was taken to Oregon Health & Science University Hospital and died later that day.

Krechko fled the scene, and abandoned his car a few blocks away. Several witnesses saw the scene, and one homeowner captured it on their home security camera.

Officers located Krechko’s abandoned vehicle nearby and responded to his Troudale home. Krechko initially denied being involved in either crash, and said his car had been stolen a few hours earlier. But police said he eventually confessed to crashing and fleeing both scenes, and was arrested.

The Portland Police Bureau’s Major Crash Team responded to help investigate.

This is Portland’s 13th traffic fatality this year.

-- Lizzy Acker

503-221-8052, lacker@oregonian.com, @lizzzyacker

Reporter Jayati Ramakrishnan contributed to this story.

A previous version of this report misidentified the motorcyclist due to a source’s error. The motorcyclist’s name is Brandon Cody Reid.

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