{"id":1416,"date":"2010-06-22T19:52:59","date_gmt":"2010-06-23T02:52:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pdxinjurylaw.com\/blog\/?p=1416"},"modified":"2025-03-25T19:43:55","modified_gmt":"2025-03-26T02:43:55","slug":"crash-kills-motorcyclist-oregon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pdxinjurylaw.com\/es\/crash-kills-motorcyclist-oregon\/","title":{"rendered":"Drunk Driving Crash Kills Motorcyclist"},"content":{"rendered":"

Date:<\/strong> May 30, 2010
\nUbicaci\u00f3n:<\/strong> Highway 30 near Astoria, Oregon
\nNombres:<\/strong> Andrew Stuart Church, Kenneth Eugene Middleton<\/p>\n

A man driving drunk, with his 13-year-old daughter in the car, was jailed following a fatal crash over the Memorial Day weekend on Highway 30 east of Astoria, Oregon. The crash killed Rainier-area motorcyclist Andrew Stuart Church, state police reported in a press release.<\/p>\n

On May 30, 2010, around 6:10 PM, a pickup driven by Kenneth Eugene Middleton, 44, of Southeast Portland, was driving east on the highway near milepost 94 when it crossed the double solid yellow center lines on a blind curve and crashed almost head-on with a motorcycle driven by Andrew Stuart Church, 35, of Rainier.<\/p>\n

Church was thrown from the motorcycle and landed in a nearby field. The pickup continued, dragging the motorcycle, until it came to a stop alongside the highway.<\/p>\n

Church was not carrying identification, but police later identified him through a photograph sent electronically to investigators at the scene. He was wearing a motorcycle helmet.<\/p>\n

Middleton and his 13-year-old daughter were unhurt. They were using safety restraints.<\/p>\n

Middleton was arrested and taken to Clatsop County Jail on the following charges:<\/p>\n