A Battle Ground man was injured Wednesday afternoon when his car was rear-ended on state Highway 503, about 4 miles north of Battle Ground.
Richard A. Demaskey, 52, was transported to Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center with unspecified injuries, according to a Washington State Patrol crash memo.
His condition was not available.
Demaskey was driving a black Mercedes four-door sedan north on the highway about 2:10 p.m. when he slowed and stopped near Milepost 14 to wait for traffic to clear before turning left into a driveway. A yellow 2010 GMC Savana van failed to stop and struck the back of Demaskey’s car. Both vehicles came to rest in the northbound ditch, the memo states.
The driver of the GMC, Dallas R. Kangas, 50, of Yacolt was uninjured, troopers said. He was able to drive his vehicle from the scene. Demaskey’s car was towed.
Kangas was charged with following too close, the crash memo states.
