Community calls for safety, accountability after 2 cyclists hit, killed same day in Portland [Video]

PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) – On Saturday, Portland’s cycling community remembered two of its own, both killed in separate crashes on the same day in northeast Portland.

A memorial service began on the corner of Northeast Marx Street and 105th Avenue, where Damon Cousins was hit and killed while riding his bike around 9 a.m. on Oct. 21, his family says.

“It’s always really scary when you hear of somebody being killed on a bike. To hear two people is even worse,” said Kiel Johnson, vice-chair of the advocacy group BikeLoud PDX.

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They joined with Families for Safe Streets to call for more responsibility from both drivers and the city.

“Your first instinct is always, ‘Is it somebody that I know that was hit and killed?’” Johnson said.

After a vigil honoring Cousins, the group biked four miles …