SERIOUS INJURY BICYCLE-INVOLVED CRASH - HIGHWAY 131 BETWEEN NETARTS AND TILLAMOOK
News Release from Oregon State Police
Posted on FlashAlert: September 20th, 2014 7:11 AM
Oregon State Police (OSP) is continuing the investigation into Friday afternoon's serious injury crash involving a bicyclist and pickup on Highway 131 between Netarts and Tillamook.
On September 19, 2014 at approximately 5:15 p.m., a bicycle ridden by KERRY LEE KUNSMAN, age 67, from San Diego, California, was westbound on Highway 131 near milepost 5 when it was struck from behind by a 2011 Ford F350 pickup driven by FRANK B. BOHANNON, age 74, from Oceanside. Both bicycle and rider came to rest in the traffic lane.
KUNSMAN was seriously injured and initially transported by ground ambulance to Tillamook Regional Medical Center. KINSMAN was then taken by air ambulance to Legacy Emanuel Medical Center in Portland where he is in critical condition.
BOHANNON was not injured and is cooperating with the investigation.
According to the lead investigating trooper, the highway where the crash occurred in a curve has two traffic lanes, one westbound and one eastbound, and there is no paved shoulder on the westbound side.
OSP troopers from the Tillamook work site are continuing the investigation. Trooper Aaron Butcher is the lead investigator. The highway was closed several hours for incident response and collision reconstruction. No enforcement action has been taken at this time.
OSP was assisted at the scene by local emergency responders.
No photographs available for this release.
OSP & ODOT urge all drivers to be watchful for vulnerable highway users such as bicyclists and pedestrians on all roads. Useful safety tips and information is available on ODOT's Bicycle Safety website at http://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/TS/Pages/bicyclistsafety.aspx.
### www.oregon.gov/OSP ###
On September 19, 2014 at approximately 5:15 p.m., a bicycle ridden by KERRY LEE KUNSMAN, age 67, from San Diego, California, was westbound on Highway 131 near milepost 5 when it was struck from behind by a 2011 Ford F350 pickup driven by FRANK B. BOHANNON, age 74, from Oceanside. Both bicycle and rider came to rest in the traffic lane.
KUNSMAN was seriously injured and initially transported by ground ambulance to Tillamook Regional Medical Center. KINSMAN was then taken by air ambulance to Legacy Emanuel Medical Center in Portland where he is in critical condition.
BOHANNON was not injured and is cooperating with the investigation.
According to the lead investigating trooper, the highway where the crash occurred in a curve has two traffic lanes, one westbound and one eastbound, and there is no paved shoulder on the westbound side.
OSP troopers from the Tillamook work site are continuing the investigation. Trooper Aaron Butcher is the lead investigator. The highway was closed several hours for incident response and collision reconstruction. No enforcement action has been taken at this time.
OSP was assisted at the scene by local emergency responders.
No photographs available for this release.
OSP & ODOT urge all drivers to be watchful for vulnerable highway users such as bicyclists and pedestrians on all roads. Useful safety tips and information is available on ODOT's Bicycle Safety website at http://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/TS/Pages/bicyclistsafety.aspx.
### www.oregon.gov/OSP ###
Sent via FlashAlert Newswire. Replies to this message do not go back to the sender.
Go to http://FlashAlert.net/login.html to change or delete these messages.
Go to http://FlashAlert.net/login.html to change or delete these messages.
