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State troopers received reports of a pickup hitting a pedestrian at about 7:10 p.m. Tuesday. The accident scene was about a mile west of Sequim on the Highway 101 bridge over the Dungeness River. The pedestrian, who apparently had been standing in the middle of the westbound lanes in the darkeness, was pronounced dead at the scene. The pickup driver, a 52-year-old Sequim man, immediately called 911 and stayed at the scene to cooperate with the investigation. He was not impaired, and no charges were expected.
A motorcyclist was hospitalized with a broken leg after crashing into a container truck. He was weaving in and out of traffic when he got his front tire stuck in the left rear of the truck. The truck's driver, Ren Kong, 60, reported he never saw the rider and only pulled over when he heard what sounded like a crash.
One woman was killed in a crash near Cannon Beach and another was rescued after a hitchhiker came across the wreckage.
Police said the car went off of Highway 101 and traveled about 40 feet down an embankment, where it remained for at least 12 hours before the hitchhiker called emergency responders Sunday evening.
The right side of the vehicle had crashed into a tree and the passenger, 23-year-old Ruth A. Delgado of Los Angeles, was killed, according to Oregon State Police.