Man Dies In Highway 97 Accident

A man has died in a single-vehicle accident on Highway 97 Thursday morning just north of Goldendale.  According to the Washington State Patrol, a pickup truck was southbound on Highway 97 at milepost 15 around 8:50 Thursday morning when it drifted off the roadway to the right, struck an embankment, spun around, and rolled multiple times, ejecting the driver.  The vehicle came to rest on its top facing the wrong way on the southbound shoulder.  The driver, 26-year-old Michael Mathias of LaPine, was pronounced deceased at the scene.  The WSP report indicated the man was not wearing a seatbelt.

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