PORT ANGELES — A 21-year-old Sequim man was killed Friday in a head-on collision on Old Olympic Highway northwest of downtown.
The State Patrol identified the man as Lucas L. Lahmeyer, who was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash on Old Olympic Highway and Livengood Lane in unincorporated territory north of the city limit.
Lahmeyer was a 2007 Sequim High School graduate.
Family members who answered the phone at Lahmeyer’s home Saturday said they were not ready to talk about him.
In 2007, Lahmeyer and his team members won second place and a $2,250 scholarship from the Albert Haller Foundation grant for a short film titled “Volition.”
The anti-drug film, still available online at http://tinyurl.com/27jj32w, tells a story of what might have happened if three teen boys went into the woods to take drugs.
In the film the boys — including the character portrayed by Lahmeyer — end up in jail after injuring a classmate’s younger brother.
The film, which was made with six classmates, also won the people’s choice Elkie Award.
The State Patrol gave this account of Friday’s crash:
State Patrol Trooper Ken Ahrens said that a 1997 Kia Sportage car driven by Lahmeyer was heading westbound on Old Olympic Highway and crossed the centerline at 9:56 a.m.
His car collided with an eastbound 2001 Ford Explorer driven by Jeanne M. Cameron, 50, of Sequim.
Cameron was transported to Olympic Medical Center in Port Angeles with suspected internal injuries and was discharged, Ahrens’ report said.
The State Patrol said both vehicles were considered total losses. The collision remained under investigation Saturday.
Lahmeyer was not wearing a seat belt, the report said.
It is unknown whether drugs or alcohol were involved, the State Patrol said.
Trooper Krista Hedstrom, State Patrol spokeswoman, said it could take a month for a toxicology report to be completed.
The Clallam County Sheriff’s Office called the State Patrol to handle the investigation.
