Driver in fatal 2025 crash near Triangle Lake indicted on manslaughter charge

A 50-year-old Gresham man has been charged with manslaughter in connection with a fatal rollover utility-terrain vehicle crash last October near Triangle Lake.

A Lane County grand jury indictment filed Wednesday, Sept. 2, charged Walter Frederick Rogers with second-degree manslaughter and DUII. Court records show a warrant issued for Rogers’ arrest.

The deadly crash took place at about 5 p.m., Oct. 20, 2025, on BLM Road 16-7-30, also known as Fish Creek Road, roughly 25 miles west of Junction City, according to information previously released by the Lane County Sheriff’s Office…

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