PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) -- A critically injured motorcyclist being rushed by ambulance after a crash in Northeast Portland died at the hospital after the ambulance was also involved in a separate crash Tuesday afternoon.

The first crash between the motorcyclist and a vehicle happened around 3:45 p.m. near NE 15th and Lombard, Portland police said. The ambulance arrived at the scene and began its trip to a nearby hospital.

But the ambulance was involved in a crash that smashed the front end of the emergency vehicle. A second ambulance arrived and took the motorcyclist to the hospital. However, the motorcyclist died shortly after getting to the hospital, officials said.

The vehicle driver in the first crash was also taken to the hospital for treatment of what were described by police as min

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