The following is from a news article about the accident that killed Vanessa on December 5, 2008:
2 dead in Bend Parkway crash
Published: December 07. 2008 4:00AM PST
Two Bend residents were killed in a car accident on the Bend Parkway late Friday night.
Just after 11 p.m., Geoffrey Keller, 22, was driving east on Southwest Powers Road when he failed to stop at a red light at the intersection with the Bend Parkway, according to a news release from the Bend Police Department.
Once the car entered the intersection, a southbound semi-truck hit the vehicle.
Vanessa Goodell, 19, was the passenger in the vehicle, a green Subaru Impreza. Both Kelly and Goodell were pronounced dead at the scene, according to Bend Police.
Edith Fernandez, 31, of Stockton, Calif., who was driving the Freightliner truck, tried to stop but was unable to do so, police said. Speed does not appear to be a cause of the accident, according to a news release from the Police Department.
The Police Department closed the section of the parkway until about 5:30 a.m., according to police.
The police do not expect to issue any citations in the accident.
Goodell started a new job in October, working at a Sprint retail store in Bend. Even though she’d worked at the store as a sales representative for just over a month, she impressed her co-workers, according to Pat Deniger, who worked with Goodell.
“She was very personable, very well mature for her age,” said Deniger, 28. “It was like talking to someone my age.”
While both Keller and Goodell lived in Bend, their families lived out of state, Bend Police Sgt. Andy Homan said.
Keller’s family lives in Colorado. No other information was available about Keller.
Homan said Goodell’s family lives in Washington state.
“It’s just a tragedy,” Homan said.
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