SEQUIM — A 66-year-old Sequim man died in a two-truck wreck on Old Olympic Highway north of Sequim today after a pickup truck traveling southbound reportedly veered into the man’s lane and struck his truck traveling north.
The 70-year-old Sequim man — whose name was not immediately available — was transported to Olympic Medical Center after the 9:15 a.m. wreck with injuries requiring surgery, Clallam County Sheriff’s Deputy Josh Ley said. He was driving a Ford pickup truck.
The deceased man, also whose name was not immediately available, was traveling north in a Chevrolet pickup when the driver of the Ford veered into his lane, Ley said.
The cause of the wreck, which happened on Old Olympic Highway about 100 yards north of Mantle Road, was still under investigation as of this afternoon, Ley said.
“I’m not going to go into causation yet,” Ley said.
“There’s a couple of possible explanations.”
No other people were involved in the wreck, Ley added.
Both lanes of Old Olympic Highway were closed this afternoon starting at Towne Road to the north and Kendall Road to the south, Ley said, though people living on that stretch of Old Olympic Highway were being allowed to access their homes.
Paramedics from Clallam County Fire District No. 3 and officers from the Sequim Police Department also responded to the wreck, Ley said.
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