On Sunday, Aug.2, at approximately 9:50 a.m., Oregon State Police (OSP) troopers and emergency personnel responded to a vehicle crash on Highway 395C near Lost Creek Timber Road.

Preliminary investigation revealed that a Harley Davidson motorcycle, operated by Jon Meek, 63, of Riverside, Calif., was northbound when he attempted to pass a farm tractor pulling a baler, operated by a juvenile male, that had just started a left turn. The motorcycle struck the left front of the farm tractor.

Meek was transported by air ambulance to Saint Luke’s Hospital in Idaho, where he was pronounced deceased.

The juvenile was not injured in the crash.

OSP was assisted by the Harney County Sheriff’s Office, Harney District Hospital EMS, and Oregon Department of Transportation.