Impaired motorcyclist dies, passenger seriously injured after crash near Mt. Bachelor, police say

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) -- A motorcycle crash near Mt. Bachelor on Tuesday left the driver and dead and the passenger seriously injured, according to Oregon State Police.

The crash took place just after 6:30 p.m.

"The preliminary investigation indicated a black Husqvarna motorcycle, operated by Beau Douglas Gibney (36) of Sisters, was traveling southbound on Forest Service Road 46 (also known as Century Drive and Cascade Lakes Highway) when it drove off the west shoulder roadway...