News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
A 21-year-old woman was killed crossing Highway 20 when she ran into the path of an oncoming vehicle.
A 21-year-old woman from Ireland was killed Monday afternoon, August 6, when she was struck by a pickup truck while crossing Highway 20 approximately six miles east of Sisters.
Charlotte "Ingrid" Sinclair, a counselor at Camp Tamarack near Suttle Lake, was traveling with a friend headed toward Sisters. According to sheriff's office reports, they stopped to look at a map and the victim crossed the highway to take a picture of the Three Sisters.
According to witnesses, she took a photograph and turned back to return to the vehicle. Witnesses said she ran out into the highway directly into the path of an oncoming westbound pickup truck.
According to sheriff's office reports, the truck, a 1977 Ford driven by a 44-year-old Bend woman, was headed westbound at the time of the accident. Sheriff's deputies reported that the driver had just started to brake when her pickup struck Sinclair. She skidded over 100 feet before stopping, according to sheriff's office reports.
Preliminary investigation indicated that the truck was traveling at about 55 miles per hour at the time of the accident.
The accident blocked the eastbound lane of travel and the highway was closed for over an hour while an investigation was conducted.
Jim Cornelius is editor in chief of The Nugget and author of “Warriors of the Wildlands: True Tales of the Frontier Partisans.” A history buff, he explores frontier history across three centuries and several continents on his podcast, The Frontier Partisans. For more information visit www.frontierpartisans.com.
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