LINN COUNTY, OR – Sheriff Michelle Duncan reports that on Thursday, June 12, 2025, at 7:32 p.m., Linn County Sheriff’s Office Dispatch Center received a 911 call reporting a crash at the intersection of Lacomb Drive and Bond Road. An additional caller stated power lines were on top of the vehicles.
Deputies’ investigation showed Marion Johnson, 69, from Albany was driving a black Chevrolet Tahoe northbound on Bond Road when he approached the stop sign. Johnson had his wife, Valda Johnson, 67, as a passenger. When Johnson proceeded through the stop sign his vehicle was struck by a grey 2014 Dodge Ram pickup driven eastbound by Cole Russell Allen, 32, from Lebanon. Cole Russell Allen was the only occupant in the Dodge Ram pickup. When deputies and fire personnel from the Lebanon Fire Department arrived, they had power disconnected and extricated the Johnson’s from the vehicle.
Marion Johnson suffered life-threatening injuries and died at the scene. Valda Johnson sustained non-life-threatening, but serious injuries and was transported to Good Samaritan Hospital in Corvallis by ambulance…