A 19 year-old Covington man was killed in a rear-end collision with a semitruck while driving a motorcycle on the evening of June 16 along westbound State Route 18 near Tiger Mountain and just east of Raging River.
Ashton S. Sawyer was pronounced deceased at the scene and his Aprilia RSV4 motorcycle was totaled, according to the Washington State Patrol (WSP) June 16 press memo.
A Volvo semitruck was traveling in lane one of two on SR 18 at 5:43 p.m. Sawyer was driving behind it in the same lane. The motorcycle rear-ended the semi-truck, according to WSP…