75-year-old Tri-Cities motorcyclist dies making highway U-turn
A 75-year-old Richland man died Wednesday morning when he tried to make a U-turn on a two-lane highway near Chelan.
Steven M. King had pulled to the right shoulder of the southbound lanes of Highway 97 about 9:30 a.m. when he attempted to turn around, according to the Washington State Patrol.
As he pulled into the southbound lane on a Can-Am Spyder motorcycle, he hit a Dodge Dakota pickup, the state patrol said.
The pickup driver, George A Menard, 68, of Omak, was not hurt in the collision.
State troopers had the road north of Lake Chelan closed for three hours while they investigated.
