Speed and alcohol may have been factors in a crash that killed a motorcycle rider and seriously injured a driver in Brush Prairie on Thursday night, according to the Clark County Sheriff’s Office.
About 9:30 p.m., the sheriff’s office, Clark County Fire District 3, the Vancouver Fire Department and American Medical Response were called to the 13900 block of Northeast 172nd Avenue for a report of a crash involving a car and a motorcycle, according to a Friday statement from the sheriff’s office. In that area, 172nd is a two lane rural road with no shoulders. The crash was just south of Hockinson High School.
First responders found a man in a Volkswagen sedan with serious injuries. The driver required extraction and was transported to a local hospital, according to the statement.
“The operator of the motorcycle was not immediately located, but after searching the area, a deceased adult male was located in the nearby brush,” the statement said. The names of the dead person and the driver have not been released.
