Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office have released names of the two people killed in a fatal crash Friday morning.
Deputies say the married couple, Bobby Jones, 64 and his wife Tami Jones, 61, both from Gilchrist, died after their SUV clipped a commercial truck while trying to pass it, then crashed into a tree on Knott Road in Bend.
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Two people were killed and one was injured Friday morning in Bend after deputies say the driver of an SUV clipped a commercial truck he was trying to pass and crashed.
The crash happened around 10:45 a.m. on Knott Road near Highway 97, the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office (DCSO) said.
Deputies said a Dodge Durango was headed east at high speed when the driver tried passing the commercial truck traveling the same direction. The Durango crossed the double-yellow lines, but then clipped the truck when trying to get back into the correct lane — avoiding a collision with a pickup truck coming the opposite way.
The Durango went off the road and collided with a tree.
DCSO said the male driver and female passenger in front seat were killed. A male passenger in the back seat was trapped and had to be extracted. He was taken to St. Charles-Bend with serious injuries.
The sheriff’s office determined the driver of the Durango to be at fault.
The names of the victims were withheld until next-of-kin could be notified.
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