Left inset: Dusty Ryder. Right inset: Keainna Cox. Background: Video allegedly shows Dusty Ryder being hit and killed by Keainna Cox in Spokane, Wash., on April 21, 2026 (KHQ).
A tragic motorcycle accident unfolded in Washington state when an intoxicated woman ran a stop sign, fatally colliding with a father riding with his son and the son’s friend. Police reports and family accounts detail the incident.
“His bike exploded,” recounted 18-year-old Harley Ryder, who was following his father Dusty Ryder on a motorcycle during the fateful ride, in an interview with The Spokesman-Review.
“He was just laying on the ground bleeding everywhere,” Harley Ryder described. “A silver car came flying through the intersection and hit him.”
Keainna Cox, 37, faces charges of vehicular homicide, leaving the scene of a fatal accident, and driving with a suspended license following the April 18 incident, as per court records.
Authorities report that Cox had been drinking before crashing into Dusty Ryder at the intersection of West Indiana Avenue and North Atlantic Street in Spokane. Dusty, a father of four who recently married in October 2025, was riding with his son Harley and a friend when the collision occurred.
A witness told The Spokesman-Review that she was driving behind the group when she saw Cox allegedly strike Dusty Ryder’s motorcycle, causing it to explode and catch fire. She, along with another person in her car, called 911 to report the accident.
“She wrecked our world,” Dusty Ryder’s mother, Shelli Oliver, told the Spokesman-Review. “Family was everything to him.”
A GoFundMe launched for Dusty Ryder’s loved ones says Cox “carelessly stole Dusty from his family with her impaired driving.”
Cops allege that Cox was driving a Mitsubishi Outlander and speeding at the time of the crash. She tried to flee from the scene but was detained one block away, according to police. Cox allegedly claimed she came to a complete stop at the stop sign and that Dusty Ryder ran into her as she pulled past it.
A Washington State Patrol drug recognition expert evaluated Cox at a local hospital and reportedly determined that she was impaired by alcohol and central nervous system depressants, per police.
A Spokane County judge ordered Cox to be held on a $250,000 bond and set a trial date for June after she pleaded not guilty last week.
“We are in for the long haul,” the Ryder family’s GoFundMe says about the not guilty plea and possibility of Cox’s case going to trial. “We will not give up until justice is served!”
