OSP identifies St. Helens man killed in Highway 20 crash near Sisters
Barney Lerten
(Update: OSP releases name, details of fatal crash)
SISTERS, Ore. (KTVZ) — Oregon State Police on Tuesday released details of a crash on U.S. Highway 20 west of Sisters Monday morning that killed a 63-year-old St. Helens man.
The single-vehicle crash was reported shortly before 9 a.m. Monday, near milepost 95, about five miles west of Sisters.
Troopers said Randolf Lee Burghart was at the wheel of a blue Subaru Outback heading east on the highway when, for unknown reasons, he left the roadway.
“The vehicle struck a guardrail, bounced off, crossed into the oncoming lane and collided with a tree,” OSP said.
Burghart, alone in the Subaru, died at the scene of the crash, which did not close the highway.
OSP said it was assisted by the Black Butte Fire Department, Sisters-Camp Sherman Fire Department, Black Butte Police Department, Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office, and the Oregon Department of Transportation.