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Motorcyclist dies in Skamania County wreck Friday

By Erin Middlewood, Columbian Managing Editor for Content
Published: May 16, 2021, 9:45am

An 18-year-old Vancouver man died Friday in a motorcycle wreck on Highway 14 in Skamania County, according to a Washington State Patrol report.

David D. Yanchuk was riding a motorcycle westbound on Highway 14 when he steered onto the right shoulder near milepost 23 to pass a semitruck driven by 54-year-old Jerry A. Dillon of Vancouver. The motorcycle struck the guardrail and Yanchuk fell into the road, where he was hit by the semi.

Yanchuk died at the scene.

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