Deputies investigate high-speed fatal crash on SE 72nd Avenue

Date

3/24/2025

CCSO Case # 25-006024

At approximately 11:19 p.m. on Saturday, March 22, 2025, Sheriff’s Office deputies were dispatched to a reported crash near the intersection of SE 72nd Avenue and SE Alberta Avenue in unincorporated Clackamas County. Multiple callers reported that a vehicle had driven off the roadway and crashed.

The first deputy to arrive at the scene was initially unable to locate a vehicle in the reported area. Shortly thereafter, the vehicle, a white 2012 Infiniti Ex35 compact SUV, was discovered fully engulfed in flames on a property near SE Label Lane and SE 74th Avenue — a significant distance from where it had left the roadway.

Clackamas Fire crews arrived and extinguished the fire, revealing a single occupant inside the vehicle. The individual was pronounced deceased at the scene.

Efforts to identify the driver are currently underway.

Criminal Reconstruction and Forensic Technicians (CRAFT) responded to the crash scene to investigate. Preliminary findings indicate that speed was a contributing factor in the crash.

At this writing, investigators believe the driver was traveling southbound on SE 72nd Avenue when they failed to negotiate a sharp 90-degree turn. As a result, the vehicle left the roadway at a high rate of speed, became airborne due to the elevated terrain, and first made impact on the Springwater Corridor. It is believed the vehicle then briefly went airborne again before ultimately landing upside down near SE Label Lane and SE 74th Avenue.

Deputies were assisted at the scene by the Milwaukie Police Department, American Medical Response, and the Clackamas County Medical Examiner’s Office.

If you witnessed this vehicle before the crash or have any information that could assist in the investigation, please contact the Sheriff’s Office.

ADDITIONAL TIPS & INFORMATION WANTED: Anyone with information about this crash is urged to contact the Sheriff’s Office Tip Line — by phone at 503-723-4949 or by using the online form.

CCSO Case # 25-006024

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Sgt. Ross Clemson, Public Information Officer
Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office
Communications Unit