LINN COUNTY, OR. (THECOUNT) — Peggy Mitchell, of Eugene, Oregon, has been identified as the victim in a Sunday fatal motorcycle crash in Linn County.
Mitchell, 58, was killed in a single-vehicle motorcycle crash near Foster Sunday afternoon.
According to reports, Mitchell was operating a Harley Davidson motorcycle on OR-22 near Lower Downing Creek Falls in Marion Forks, when for unknown reasons, the bike crossed centerlines and exited the roadway around 2:30 p.m. Sunday. The bike then traveled down an embankment.
Mitchell was pronounced dead at the scene of blunt force trauma injuries.
The cause of the crash remains under investigation.
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Geo quick facts: Linn County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 census, the population was 116,672. The county seat is Albany. The county is named in honor of Lewis F. Linn, a U.S. Senator from Missouri who advocated the American settlement of the Oregon Country – Wikipedia.
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