By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter
CHEHALIS – The Lewis County coroner has concluded the Silver Creek man whose truck was found wrecked not far from his home on Monday night died from injuries caused by the accident.
Paul L. Halstead, 63, left home that morning and when he didn’t return as expected, family and friends began searching for him, according to authorities.
His family found him inside his Ford Ranger pickup on its top, down an embankment off of state Route 122, according to the Washington State Patrol.
The state patrol suspected inattention may have been to blame, but then changed the cause of the collision to the less specific “wheels off the roadway”.
Coroner Warren McLeod said today that Halstead died from blunt force trauma to his head and neck.
Troopers concluded the wreck probably occurred about 7:10 a.m. that day.
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