Crime & Safety
Fatal Crash In Oregon City, Oregon State Police Say
UPDATED: Johnnie Bennett, 56, was killed when his motorcycle was rear-ended in traffic by Michelle Higgins, police said.
OREGON CITY, OR — Oregon State Police reported a fatal traffic accident involving a motorcycle on Highway 99 in Oregon City Tuesday morning.
Around 8 a.m. May 23, Oregon City resident Johnnie O. Bennett, 56, stopped his motorcycle in traffic near Paquet Street, police said. Approaching the line of cars from behind Bennett was Michelle Higgins, 40, also of Oregon City.
As Higgins neared the traffic in her 2009 Audi, she failed to see the line of stopped cars, police said, and subsequently rear-ended Bennett, killing him. Other vehicles were damaged, but neither Higgins nor the operators of those vehicles were injured in the crash
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No arrests have been made, though the investigation is ongoing, police said.
Fatal crash involving three vehicles on 99E south of Oregon City. Motorcycle can be seen crushed between two cars. #LiveOnK2 @JackieKATU pic.twitter.com/BgItuE0lBI
— Ric Peavyhouse (@RPeavyhouse) May 23, 2017
The area where the accident reportedly occurred is south of downtown Oregon City, near Canemah Park.
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Driver told @ORStatePolice she was blinded by sun which set off chain reaction rear-end crash that killed motorcyclist. #LiveOnK2 pic.twitter.com/WBnUn6PhRY
— Jackie Labrecque (@JackieKATU) May 23, 2017
This post has been updated to include the identities of the drivers involved.
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