A Chehalis man died Friday after the log truck he was driving went off the road and crashed into a tree on U.S. Highway 12 in Rochester, according to the Washington State Patrol.
Joseph P. Haunreiter, 83, was heading east at 4:31 p.m. Friday near Denmark Street in Rochester when the 1979 Kenworth semi-trailer he was driving left the road, went through a guardrail and struck a tree.
The cause of the accident is under investigation.
Haunreiter’s truck was totaled, according to the WSP.
The highway was closed for about five hours.