{"id":747150,"date":"2026-07-06T20:52:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T20:52:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/747150\/"},"modified":"2026-07-06T20:52:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T20:52:18","slug":"deputies-id-woman-killed-in-willamette-river-boat-crash-at-sauvie-island-on-fourth-of-july","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/747150\/","title":{"rendered":"Deputies ID woman killed in Willamette River boat crash at Sauvie Island on Fourth of July"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) \u2014 Deputies have identified the 25-year-old Portland woman who died in a boat crash on the Willamette River on the Fourth of July.<\/p>\n<p>Reports came in shortly before 11:30 p.m. on Saturday, July 4 saying a boat had run ashore on Sauvie Island near the 14900 block of Northwest Gillihan Road.<\/p>\n<p>Multnomah County Sheriff\u2019s Office deputies, Sauvie Island Fire Department, and American Medical Response all rushed to the scene.<\/p>\n<p>They arrived to find Rosalyn Albornoz-Lopez, 25, of Portland, dead at the scene.<\/p>\n<p>The boat\u2019s operator, a 51-year-old man, and three other passengers \u2013 women ages 21, 23, and 24 \u2013 were all taken to the hospital. All four are expected to survive.<\/p>\n<p>Crash investigators say the 33-foot cabin cruiser struck part of an aluminum walkway connected to a dock, which was anchored by several large pilings.<\/p>\n<p>PAST COVERAGE | <a href=\"https:\/\/katu.com\/news\/local\/woman-killed-four-hospitalized-after-cabin-cruiser-runs-ashore-near-sauvie-island-oregon-portland-fourth-of-july-holiday-accident-crash-boat-dock-water-pilings-walkway-4th?teaserSource=trending\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Woman killed, four hospitalized after cabin cruiser runs ashore near Sauvie Island<\/a><\/p>\n<p>They are still looking into what caused the crash, and whether speed, impairment, or lighting conditions were factors.<\/p>\n<p>The sheriff\u2019s office said they are continuing their investigation in coordination with the Multnomah County District Attorney\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n<p>As of Monday morning, no one had been arrested as part of the investigation.<\/p>\n<p>Rosalyn&#8217;s brother, Angel Albornoz-Lopez, said he didn&#8217;t know who was with his sister on the boat, aside from one of her best friends. However, he said she was very excited to go out on the water and that she loved the Willamette River.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe was a very hard working person. Always cared about people and put everyone else first,\u201d Albornoz-Lopez said. \u201cShe was my rock, and I was hers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Family members have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/in-loving-memory-of-rosalyn-rosy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">started a GoFundMe<\/a> after Rosalyn &#8211; who also went by Rosy &#8211; after her passing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) \u2014 Deputies have identified the 25-year-old Portland woman who died in a boat crash on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":747151,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[23,3,21,19,22,20,25,24],"class_list":["post-747150","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-states","tag-america","tag-news","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/747150","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=747150"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/747150\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/747151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=747150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=747150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=747150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}