Bull Rider Dies, Two Injured in Car Crash

Three contestants from the Pendleton (Ore.) Roundup were involved in a fatal crash Sept. 16 when the car they were in rear-ended a commercial vehicle, according to Oregon State Police.

The crash was reported around 8:15 p.m. (PDT) on Interstate 84 near milepost 193. Police say the right, front passenger in the Volkswagen Jetta, identified as 24-year-old Richard Schleicher from Oklahoma, was killed in the crash.

Police say 20-year-old Jate Frost of Utah was driving the Jetta and going east when the car rear-ended a commercial vehicle hauling potatoes.

Frost was seriously injured in the crash and flown to a hospital in Washington.

A third passenger, 21-year-old Jesse Hopper who was also from Oklahoma, was left with serious injures and was taken to OHSU in Portland.

Courtesy of PRCA