Crash near Dollars Corner kills Battle Ground man, 56
A Battle Ground man died Saturday in a car vs. pick-up accident on Northeast 219th Street near 72nd Avenue, west of Battle Ground.
Originally published July 31, 2010 at 12:25 p.m., updated July 31, 2010 at 2:55 p.m.
Battle Ground, WA — A Battle Ground man was killed in a two-car collision on state Highway 502 near Dollars Corner Saturday morning.
Dennis E. Fiskvik, 56, was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the other vehicle, 48-year-old Clifford V. Tingley of Vancouver, was transported to Southwest Washington Medical Center with a broken left leg, according to Washington State Patrol.
The crash occurred at about 8:10 a.m. near Milepost 5, about 1.5 miles west of Battle Ground.
According to a WSP bulletin, Fiskvik was driving a 1994 Mitsubishi Galant westbound on Highway 502. Fiskvik’s vehicle crossed the center line, returned to its lane and then drove off the road and through a ditch. Fiskvik’s vehicle veered back onto the highway and crossed the center line again, this time crashing into Tingley, who was driving eastbound in a 2004 Chevrolet pickup with a trailer, according to WSP.
A medical condition may have caused the collision, according to police. Fiskvik was wearing a seat belt; Tingley was not, according to police.
The collision closed a portion of the highway until about 11:25 a.m.
Tingley’s truck sustained $7,000 worth of damage; Fiskvik’s car was totaled.
Marissa Harshman: 360-735-4546 or marissa.harshman@columbian.com.
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