A Washington County Sheriff’s Office deputy died Wednesday afternoon after the motorized scooter he was riding collided with a car, the sheriff’s office reported.
Richard Thompson was riding home from work just after 5:00 p.m. when the crash occurred near the intersection of Southwest 201st Avenue and West Baseline road in Beaverton, according to the sheriff’s office statement.
People nearby when the crash happened – and then sheriff deputies and first responders – attempted to save Thompson, but the husband and father of two died at the scene, the sheriff’s office reported.
Thompson, an avid outdoorsman and fisherman, had worked at the Washington County Sheriff’s Office since 2001, according to the sheriff’s office statement.
The Washington County Interagency Crash Analysis Reconstruction Team (CART), led by the Forest Grove Police Department, is investigating the crash.
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