PORT ANGELES — A Port Orchard man died and a Port Angeles woman was taken to Olympic Medical Center after a rollover wreck at the intersection of South Washington and East Eighth streets on Tuesday.
Albert Boe IV, of Port Orchard, 31, died at the scene of the 1:15 p.m. wreck, said Trooper Russ Winger, spokesman for the State Patrol.
Rebecca Doherty, 49, of Port Angeles, was injured and transported to Olympic Medical Center, Winger said.
A hospital spokeswoman said no information was available on Doherty’s condition as of Tuesday evening.
Winger said Boe was driving a white Kia southbound on South Washington Street and was being tailed by an unmarked Olympic Peninsula Narcotics Enforcement Team vehicle during an investigation.
OPNET investigators told State Patrol troopers they were attempting to reach a marked unit for a traffic stop when Boe suddenly sped away from them, ran a stop sign at East Eighth Street and hit Doherty’s white Infiniti broadside, Winger said.
The Kia came to rest upside-down against a steep embankment on the south side of East Eighth, and the Infiniti was partially in the intersection.
Winger said OPNET investigators told the State Patrol they were not chasing Boe at the time of the collision.
The stop-sign-controlled intersection has a stop for traffic on South Washington. Traffic on East Eighth has the right of way.
The scene was turned over to an investigation team from the State Patrol, said Port Angeles Deputy Police Chief Brian Smith.
Troopers took control of the scene at about 1:45 p.m.
Winger said a full accident reconstruction team was sent to Port Angeles from the Bremerton headquarters office.
The intersection remained closed at 5:30 p.m. as the investigation continued into the evening hours.
City police and fire crews, Clallam County sheriff’s deputies and the State Patrol responded to the wreck.
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