A Salem couple were killed
Saturday afternoon, Aug. 4, in a mo-
torcycle crash on Highway 20 east
of Sweet Home.
According to Oregon State Po-
lice Trooper Casey Hunter, at ap-
proximately 3:14 p.m. Saturday a
2008 Harley Davidson motorcycle
operated by Edmund Alexander
Cote, 61, of Salem, was traveling
westbound on Highway 20 near
milepost 35, when the motorcycle
veered off the highway onto the
shoulder and struck a guardrail.
Cote’s wife, Joan Root Cote,
58, a passenger on the motorcycle,
was ejected over the guardrail and
down an embankment. The acci-
dent’s location was just west of Me-
near’s Bend.
Joan Cote was pronounced dead
at the scene by Sweet Home Fire and
Ambulance District of
icials.
Edmund Cote was transported
by LifeFlight to Sacred Heart Medi-
cal Center at RiverBend in Eugene,
where he was pronounced deceased
after arrival. Both were wearing
protective helmets.
OSP troopers from the Albany
Area Command of
ice are continuing the investigation.