BENTON COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE INVESTIGATES FATAL CRASH NEAR PHILOMATH

Benton Co. Sheriff's Office


CORVALLIS, Ore. – On February 23, 2022, at 7:08 am, the Benton County Sheriff’s Office was dispatched to a single-vehicle crash on Fern Road, near Powerhouse Rd, south of Philomath. Twenty-six-year-old Mathew Aleksander Jardini of Templeton, California, was pronounced dead at the scene.

The Benton County Crash Team responded to the scene and determined Jardini, in his 2000 Chevy Astro Van, was traveling west on Fern Road approaching a corner which he failed to negotiate and crashed head-on into a tree. 

A notification was made to Jardini’s family Wednesday afternoon by the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office.

The Benton County Crash Team was assisted by the Philomath Police Department and Philomath Fire Department.

If you have any additional information, please contact Benton County Sheriff’s Office Sergeant David Iverson at 541-766-0139. 




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