Man found dead after fiery crash on Sauvie Island

MULTNOMAH COUNTY, Ore. (KPTV) - A man was found dead following a fiery crash on Sauvie Island Monday afternoon, according to the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office.

At about 2:50 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 8, deputies responded to a report of a pickup truck on fire with a body nearby in the 23000 block of Northwest Oak Island Road.

The driver, 39-year-old Francis Thomas Grice, Jr., was pronounced dead at the scene. According to the sheriff’s office, detectives do not believe there were any other people inside the pickup at the time of the crash.

The cause of the crash remains under investigation. The sheriff’s office said toxicology results are pending with the medical examiner’s office.

The sheriff’s office detective unit is conducting a death investigation. No other details are being released at this time.

Anyone with information about the crash should contact the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office.