Three people were killed in three different crashes in Oregon in just four days.
Kenneth Jay Isaksen, 35, of Molalla, was killed in a two-vehicle collision on Oregon 213 close to Clackamas County on Saturday at 6:45 p.m.
Isaksen was riding a northbound Harley Davidson Low Rider S motorbike when, for an undisclosed cause, he crossed the centerline and collided with a southbound Ford Explorer being driven by a male Molalla resident, age 15.
The Ford’s driver and his passengers, Julie Marie Urban, 37, and a 7-year-old girl from Molalla, were brought to a local hospital for treatment after Isaksen was pronounced dead at the scene. For around four hours, the highway was closed due to the collision.
Laura Anne Keys, 47, of Grants Pass, was killed in a single-vehicle collision two days earlier on Friday at 11:33 a.m. Keys was operating a westbound Nissan Sentra on Oregon 140 in Lake County when, for an apparent cause, her car veered off the road, sliding down a steep embankment and landing on top of it, according to the Oregon State Police. At the scene, Keys was pronounced deceased. Throughout the investigation, the highway remained open.
Hood River County’s Oregon 35 saw the first of the three deadly collisions on Wednesday.
Hood River resident Robert A. Brownback, 64, was operating a northbound Subaru Forester when he suddenly accelerated, veered into the southbound lane, and collided with a rock wall for no apparent reason. Brownback was pronounced dead at the scene of the collision, despite not being wearing a seatbelt at the time. Throughout the course of the investigation, the highway was affected for almost three hours.
During these incidents, the Oregon Department of Transportation, the Hood River Sheriff’s Office, the Clackamas County Sheriff’s Department, the Molalla Police Department, the Clackamas County Fire, the Molalla Fire, Lake County Search and Rescue, and other local agencies provided assistance to the Oregon State Police.
Based on information from the Oregon State Police, this narrative was written with the help of generative AI and edited by editorial staff from Oregon.
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