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Weekend Crashes Claim Lives

BEND, OR -- A fatal crash involving four vehicles shut down Highway 20 near the entrance to Black Butte Ranch for more than six hours, Sunday. Few details have been released, although initial reports indicate two passenger cars, and SUV and a motorhome were involved.

 

It’s the latest in a string of deadly crashes in Central Oregon, in the past week.

 

An elderly Bend man died at the hospital, after a crash at Highway 20 and Cooley Road, Saturday afternoon. State Police say 92-year-old Donald Grosh failed to stop at a stop sign and was struck by a westbound pickup. The driver and passenger in the truck were not hurt. 

 

UPDATE: Oregon State Police say two people were killed in the five-vehicle crash near Black Butte Ranch, Sunday afternoon. Investigators believe 28-year-old Ethan Moreschi, of Bend, was eastbound on Highway 20 when he crossed the centerline and hit a car (pictured above) driven by an 80-year-old Eugene woman. Both were pronounced dead at the scene.


In an effort to avoid that crash, a westbound motorhome towing an SUV hit an eastbound car (right). The driver of the RV, a 49-year-old North Bend man, was taken by ambulance to St. Charles; his passenger was not hurt. The man driving the other car, 28-year-old Timothy Thompson, was critically injured and flown to the hospital. 

 

Investigators believe Thompson and Moreschi knew each other and may have been together prior to the crash. Impairment is being considered as a contributing factor for both men. 

 

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