By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter
CHEHALIS – The Lewis County Coroner’s Office says Morris L. Johanson, 70, died from blunt trauma to the chest after he wrecked his 2014 Chevrolet Camaro off an Onalaska Road on Tuesday morning.
Johanson’s car was discovered by a passing county worker, over an embankment at the west end of Burchett Road just before 8 o’clock that morning. Its flashers were turned on.
The Onalaska man was conscious when responders arrived and indicated he thought it happened about 6:30 a.m., according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office.
Johanson passed away as firefighters and aid prepared for him to be airlifted, Chief Deputy Dusty Breen said.
A deputy determined the car had been westbound on Burchett Road and crossed Leonard Road at the T-intersection without stopping at the stop sign, according to Breen.
Breen said Johanson had indicated that’s what occurred, and that he wasn’t paying attention. The car was described as totaled.