Chehalis Log Truck Driver Dies in Thurston County Crash

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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.