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...A homeless woman who was sleeping in front of a garage at an apartment complex in Oregon's largest city died on Friday after she was accidentally run over by a driver, according to police.
...Police said that Stinson was homeless and had laid down to sleep in front of the garage door of the apartment building.
...Portland, with a metropolitan area of about 2.4 million people, has joined West Coast cities such as Los Angeles and San Francisco in struggling with a growing homeless crisis that ranks among the worst in the country.
...Safety resource website Security.org released a study in October that showed Oregon has the fourth-highest number of homeless people in the nation when adjusted for population.
...The study found Oregon has about 350 homeless people per 100,000 people, nearly double the national average of 168 per 100,000.
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