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Claire Rush

Oregon man pleads guilty following fatal crash with community college softball team bus

College Softball Fatal Crash Oregon - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

An Oregon man has pleaded guilty to two counts of second-degree manslaughter following a fatal crash with a bus carrying a community college softball team that left a player and the team's head coach dead, according to court documents filed Wednesday.

The petition to enter a guilty plea, filed in Coos County Circuit Court, shows Dowdy also pleaded guilty to three counts of third-degree assault, five counts of fourth-degree assault, one count of driving under the influence and one count of driving with a suspended license.

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