Motorcycle Fatality in Lane Co., July 22

On July 21, 2015 at about 12:30PM, OSP Troopers and emergency personnel responded to the report of a motorcycle versus dump truck crash on Highway 99S near Dillard Road (just north of Creswell). Preliminary information is that a 1979 Mack dump truck towing a dump trailer (both registered to McKenzie Trucking and loaded with crushed rock) was traveling southbound on Highway 99S when it turned eastbound onto Dillard Road and into the path of a northbound 2006 Suzuki motorcycle. The motorcyclist, Kevin K PESCHEL, age 43, of Eugene, collided with the right front corner of the truck and was seriously injured. PESCHEL was transported to a local hospital where he died from his injuries. The driver of the truck, Adam J METTEER, age 29, of Springfield, was not injured and is cooperating with the investigation. OSP was assisted by the Lane County Sheriff’s Department, South Lane Fire and EMS, and the Oregon Department of Transportation.