KELSO, WA : 81-year-old man killed in motorcycle crash near Kelso on Tuesday, 15th August 2023

An 81-year-old man was killed in a motorcycle crash near Kelso Tuesday afternoon, according to Washington State Patrol.

The crash happened just before 4:30 p.m. on State Route 432. WSP says Ernest M. Smart, of Olympia, was traveling westbound on the highway on a black 2018 Can-Am Spyder motorcycle when he left the roadway into an embankment, struck the guardrail, and came to a rest on the right shoulder.

Smart, who WSP says was wearing a helmet, died at the scene.


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