POLK COUNTY, Ore. — A motorcycle driver is dead after a collision with an 18-wheeler.
The crash happened on Sunday near milepost 27 on Highway 18 in Polk County. The Oregon State Police responded to the incident at 7:07 p.m., according to a release by the OSP.
The OSP’s preliminary investigation indicated an eastbound Freightliner commercial motor vehicle and trailer, operated by Nikita P Sukhodolov, 19, of Salem, Ore., made a left hand turn into a gravel lot and entered the path of a westbound Kawasaki ZX-18 motorcycle, operated by Joseph Nicholas Grammer, 50, of Grand Ronde, Ore. The Kawasaki struck the side of the Freightliner during the collision, according to the release…