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A Vancouver man driving a motorcycle died in a three-vehicle crash Monday afternoon on Interstate 5 just south of Ridgefield, and two other drivers were hospitalized. The collision occurred around 1 p.m. in the northbound lanes of the freeway under the Carty Road overpass. A Ford F-250 pickup driven by Eldon L. Ford, 33, of Ontario, Ore., slowed to pull onto the right shoulder and was struck from behind by a Honda CR-V driven by Wanda K. Dodd, 48, of Bellingham. Dodd then lost control of her vehicle and struck a Harley-Davison motorcycle driven in the middle lane by Dennis G.
A Castle Rock woman escaped serious injury in a single-vehicle crash on Interstate 5 about two miles south of Ridgefield.
The crash, reported just minutes after midnight Monday, occurred when a 1999 Chevrolet K1 driven by Elisabeth Lowe, 52, left the road, according to Washington State Patrol.
Lowe had been on the Gee Creek Rest Area exit when she lost control; the vehicle rolled and came to rest in a ditch, according to the state patrol.
Lowe was taken to PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center where she was treated and released.