Crime

Two men dead in Oakhurst after stabbing, motorcycle crash

One man was fatally stabbed and another killed in a motorcycle accident Saturday afternoon in Oakhurst, the Madera County Sheriff’s Office said. Police are looking into the possibility that the two events were related.

A 42-year-old man was stabbed in a parking lot near the Oak Room bar off Highway 41 just before 3 p.m. When officers arrived, bystanders were performing CPR, but the man died at the scene.

The other man was driving a motorcycle when it collided with a pickup on Highway 41 at Road 426, killing him, the sheriff’s office said.

No other information was immediately available.

Ashleigh Panoo: 559-441-6010, @AshleighPan

This story was originally published August 6, 2016 at 5:39 PM with the headline "Two men dead in Oakhurst after stabbing, motorcycle crash."

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