PORTLAND, Ore (KOIN) -- One person is dead and at least three people were hospitalized after three back-to-back crashes in northeast Portland, authorities said.

According to Portland Fire & Rescue, crews responded to reports of a crash in the parking lot of the Northeast Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard Safeway store just before noon.

At the same time, a second accident was reported near the Safeway at the intersection of Ainsworth Street and Northeast MLK Boulevard.

Finally, there was a third crash that happened south of the Safeway, and injuries were reported at all three scenes, officials said.

At the crash south of Safeway, authorities also said that a pedestrian who was struck was declared deceased.

In total, officials said three people were injured and taken to a hospital, as we

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