A Woodland man was killed Wednesday morning when a large tree fell from a hillside next to state Highway 503 east of Woodland and hit his pickup.
Washington State Patrol troopers responded at 6:31 a.m. to Milepost 50 on the highway for the single-vehicle crash.
The driver, identified as Edward J. Norton, 53, was pronounced dead at the scene, according to a State Patrol crash memo. Norton was the only occupant of his Ford F-250.
The State Patrol said Norton was not wearing his seat belt.
