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Police ID passenger, driver involved in Saturday’s fatal motorcycle crash

Motorcycle Crash DME

State police have identified the two people involved in the Saturday afternoon, July 26, motorcycle crash that claimed the life of the passenger and prompted the driver to be taken to a Pittsburgh hospital by medical helicopter.

Passenger, Betty E. Campbell, 66, of Butler died after the 2011 Can-Am Spyder she was riding on crashed into a creek along Oneida Valley Road in Washington Township, a Sunday report said.

Douglas B. Campbell Jr., 69, of Butler, was taken from the scene to Allegheny General Hospital with suspected serious injury. His status is unknown at this time.

The crash was reported at 1:05 p.m. The couple was participating in the Riding for the Cure event with other motorcyclists when their vehicle began to veer off the road while driving south along Oneida Valley Road approaching Annisville Road.

The motorcycle crossed the center line, struck a guardrail and continued down an embankment into a creek.

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