OXFORD – Last week, 61-year-old Michael Crandall, known to friends as Weeze, was riding on a motorcycle when he collided with an Oxford School bus and was killed.

On Wednesday, with horns blaring, more than 70 vehicles from surrounding highway departments led a truck procession to honor Crandall through downtown Oxford as spectators and supporters lined the streets.

Crandall was a long time resident of Oxford and had worked at the town's Highway Department for 30-plus years.

A number of friends at the event Wednesday said he was an innocent victim and wanted more information about the circumstance of the accident to be released.

Highway Departments from Chenango County, including Oxford, Norwich, North Norwich, Greene, Sherburne, New Berlin, Afton, Coventry, Guilford, Bainbridge, Pharsalia, the NY Department of Transportation, and others, participated in the memorial procession.

The Evening Sun reached out to the New York State Police on Wednesday and asked for additional information about the accident, seeking details about any issued tickets and the identity of the school bus driver. As of press-time Thursday morning, police had not responded.

According to the New York State Police on Tuesday, April 29, at approximately 3:35 p.m., police responded to the intersection of County Road 35/State Route 220 and County Road 32 in the Town of Oxford for a collision between a school bus and a motorcycle.

Police confirmed Crandall succumbed to injuries sustained in the crash and was riding a Harley Davidson motorcycle traveling westbound; the school bus from the Oxford Academy and Central School District was traveling northbound when they collided.

The school bus had eight children on board, ages 10 to 14. A 12-year-old child was evaluated at Chenango Memorial Hospital, no other children reported injuries.

The operator of the school bus, a 58-year-old male of Sherburne, and an aide, a 54-year-old female of Greene, were both evaluated on scene.

Requests for additional information about the incident were left at the Oxford School District Superintendent's Office Thursday.

Members of the Bureau of Criminal Investigation and the Collision Reconstruction Unit responded to the scene. The crash remains under investigation.

More information will be released as it is shared.

- Tyler Murphy, Evening Sun Managing Editor