A man was injured and taken to the hospital Wednesday after he lost control of his car and struck a tractor-trailer near Milepost 13 on state Highway 14 in Camas, according to the Washington State Patrol.
Nineteen-year-old Benjamin S. McDonald of Washougal was driving a black 2008 Mazda sedan east in the highway’s right lane when he attempted to pass a tractor-trailer at about 1:50 p.m. As he passed the big rig in the left lane, he lost control of the car, which hit the highway’s guardrail and ricocheted back into the right lane, striking the tractor-trailer, according a State Patrol press memo.
McDonald was transported to PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center, where he was treated for his injuries and released.
The driver of the tractor-trailer, Phillip J. Koski, 65, of Longview, was not injured. He was driving a gray 2006 Freightliner tractor that was towing two trailers.
