Missoula man dies one week after Orange Street motorcycle crash

A 20-year-old Missoula man died Saturday from injuries sustained in a May 4 motorcycle crash near the intersection of Orange Street and Cregg Lane. 

According to a Missoula Police Department report, the man was riding northbound on Orange Street “at a high rate of speed” on a Kawasaki Ninja ZX-6R sport bike when he lost control of the motorcycle, crossed the center line and collided with a southbound Ford Ranger pickup truck driven by a 29-year-old Missoula man. 

The driver of the truck was wearing a seat belt and was not injured, according to the report. The report stated that the motorcycle rider was not wearing a helmet, but a GoFundMe online fundraiser established by the rider’s mother said that he was wearing a helmet. 

The rider’s mother, Eden Atwood, identified him on the GoFundMe as Benjamin “Benny” Atwood. In public updates, she described surgeries for multiple injuries last week and the monitoring of severe brain trauma, before a wrenching decision to remove her son from life support. She noted that his organs were donated to needing recipients. 

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