A 50-year-old Brush Prairie man died in a two-vehicle crash Friday morning in the Hockinson area after the car he was riding in crashed into a power pole and caught fire, according to the Clark County Sheriff’s Office.
Deputies, Clark County Fire District 3 and AMR responded to the crash reported at 9:15 a.m. at Northeast 212th Avenue and Powell Road.
Benjamin Andrew was dead at the scene, according to a Sheriff’s Office press release. He was riding in a Chevrolet Corvette driven by a 16-year-old, also from Brush Prairie, who was injured and taken to a hospital.
The Chevrolet, northbound on 212th Avenue, struck the left front of a 2018 Jeep Cherokee driven by 39-year-old Roberta Russo of Camas. The Jeep was turning south onto 212th Avenue from Powell Road. The cars crashed and spun off the roadway.
