PORT LUDLOW — A Freeland man who died in a three-car wreck on state Highway 19 between Chimacum and Port Ludlow on Friday was identified Monday.
The State Patrol identified the 66-year-old man as John T. Strader after notifying next of kin.
Strader was driving a brown 1997 Infinity Qx4 four-door SUV north on Highway 19 when the SUV crossed the center line into the southbound lane near milepost 3 and struck a 2005 GMC box truck driven by Brayan Valdez Torres, 22, of Tacoma, the State Patrol said.
The SUV came to rest in the southbound lane, while Valdez Torres’ truck went off the road and down an embankment.
A third vehicle, a 1990 Honda Accord traveling south, swerved right to avoid the wreck and overturned down the same embankment.
The passenger in the box truck, Luis Maturino-Morales, 43, of Tacoma and the passenger in the Honda, Horacio Reyes Ramos, 18, of Bremerton were airlifted to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, the State Patrol said.
Valdez Torres and the driver of the Honda, 24-year-old Albino Reyes Ramos of Bremerton, were both transported by ambulance to Jefferson Healthcare hospital in Port Townsend.
The wreck blocked traffic in both directions and the Jefferson County Department of Public Works stopped traffic at Chimacum Road and Oak Bay Road to reroute traffic.
The cause of the wreck remains under investigation.
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Reporter Jesse Major can be reached at 360-452-2345, ext. 56250, or at jmajor@peninsuladailynews.com.
