Date: March 13, 2026 

Case #: 2026-00013281 

Incident: Motorcycle passenger dies in SE Bend crash  

Date / Time of Incident: March 13, 2026 / 6:28 p.m.  

Location: SE Second Street and Miller Avenue, Bend  

Deceased: Malachi Longstroth, 19-year-old Redmond resident 

At approximately 6:28 p.m. on Friday, March 13, Bend Police responded to a report of a vehicle-versus-motorcycle crash at the intersection of SE Second Street and Miller Avenue.  

When Bend Police arrived, they learned a motorcycle had been traveling northbound on Second Street at a high rate of speed. A Subaru Crosstrek, driven by a 25-year-old Bend man, was traveling southbound on Second Street and attempted to turn east onto Miller Avenue.  

The motorcycle and the Subaru hit head on. The motorcyclist, a 20-year-old Bend man, and the motorcycle passenger, 19-year-old Malachi Longstroth, were thrown from the motorcycle. Officers at the scene rendered aid with an AED, conducted CPR and applied tourniquets. The motorcyclist was transported to St. Charles with serious injuries. Longstroth died at the scene.  

The Subaru’s driver remained at the scene and cooperated with the investigation. The motorcyclist remains at the hospital. An investigation is ongoing.

The Bend Police reconstruction team responded to the scene, and SE Second Street was closed for approximately three hours.