13-year-old struck by tire iron in Portland showing signs of improvement in hospital

The teen was hospitalized with serious injuries. The incident happened in the area of Southeast Foster Road near 122nd Avenue.

PORTLAND, Ore. — A 13-year-old boy who was critically injured after being struck in the head with a tire iron began showing signs of improvement on Thursday, according to a family spokesperson, although he remains hospitalized in the Intensive Care Unit.

Jamari Woodard suffered life-threatening injuries Saturday evening when the tire iron became lodged in his skull. Police said he had been seated in a car that was driving through Southeast Portland when someone threw the tire iron at it.

Doctors at Kaiser Permanente Sunnyside removed

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