JACKSON COUNTY, Ore. -- An Oregon man is dead and two other men injured from a weekend crash on Highway 234.
An Oregon State Police (OSP) investigation intends to determine whether intoxication is a contributing factor to a Friday crash involving a pickup and two motorcycles. It says 36-year-old Dustin Small of Pendleton died in the crash and 32-year-old Matthew Small of Gresham was hospitalized.
OSP says around 5:32pm September 30, a crash on Highway 234 near milepost 10 involved a Ford F150 driven by 65-year-old Richard Dionne of Rogue River. OSP says its preliminary investigation found Dionne drove onto Highway 234 from Old Sam’s Valley Road and collided with two westbound motorcycles.
OSP says Dustin Small was riding a Harley-Davidson and Matthew Small was riding a Honda when Dustin Small sustained fatal injuries and was pronounced dead at the crash. It says Matthew Small and Dionne went to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Highway 234 was affected for about four hours while OSP Collision Reconstruction Unit investigated the crash.
