There was a passenger on the motorcycle with Benson.
"Aamna Najam, the woman who died Saturday in the motorcycle crash that also killed Cedric Benson, knew Benson for at least a year. In Aug. 8, 2018 Facebook post, she encouraged friends to buy a shirt to support Benson's charity, NUFCED.
According to her Linkedin profile, was a doctoral student in audiology at the University of Texas."