PORT ANGELES — A woman bicyclist was killed Sunday afternoon when the bicycle she was riding and a car collided on narrow state Highway 112 about three miles west of Port Angeles.
The cyclist was identified today as Marian M. Byse, 65, of Port Angeles.
The highway near the intersection of Elwha River Road was closed for about four hours Sunday after a Mercury Sable driven by Marylan A. Thayer, 65, of Port Angeles and Byse’s bicycle collided.
State Patrol spokeswoman Jennifer Stepp said the bicycle apparently was struck from behind as both the bike and car were heading eastbound.
Byse was wearing a bicycle helmet and a neon-yellow safety jacket, State Patrol Sgt. Brett Yacklin said.
The cause of the collision is still under investigation, Stepp said.
Drugs or alcohol were not suspected.
The collision occurred shortly after 2 p.m. Byse was taken to Olympic Medical Center in Port Angeles, where she was pronounced dead about 90 minutes later.
The curvy stretch of Highway 112 from the Elwha River to Joyce has demonstrated itself to be dangerous in numerous wrecks in past years.
Just 2½ weeks ago, Darrell E. Campbell, an Ahousaht First Nation member from Vancouver Island, was killed as the result of a head-on collision on state Highway 112 near Sands Road, not far from Sunday’s collision.
Alcohol is suspected in the crash that killed Campbell.
Steve W. Boyd of Port Angeles faces vehicular homicide charges for allegedly causing the head-on collision.
Sunday’s fatality was the second involving a bicyclist in Western Washington in a 24-hour period.
On Saturday night, a man riding his bicycle crashed into a car on Seattle’s University Way and later died from his injuries.
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PDN news partner KOMO-TV in Seattle contributed to this report.
Reporter Arwyn Rice can be reached at 360-417-3535 or at arwyn.rice@peninsula
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