PORT ANGELES — A motorcyclist who collided with a deer Monday afternoon south of Port Angeles died from his injuries while being airlifted to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle.
Scott D. Edwards, 60, was traveling southbound on his 2007 Harley Davidson shortly before 4 p.m. in the 5000 block of South Old Mill Road when he hit the deer, Clallam County Sheriff’s Sgt. John Keegan said.
A female motorist who witnessed the collision call 9-1-1 and administered cardiopulmonary resuscitation before the arrival of deputies and personnel from Clallam County Fire District 2 and Olympic Ambulance.
Edwards was transported to Olympic Medical Center before dying en route to Harborview, Keegan said Tuesday morning.
The deer died at the scene.
The sheriff’s office Traffic Safety Unit is investigating the crash.
Further information on the collision was unavailable this morning.
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