By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter
A 43-year-old Chehalis man is dead after a single-vehicle wreck yesterday afternoon in the Boistfort Valley.
Aid and troopers called about 4:20 p.m. to the 900 block of Wildwood Road found the 1989 Ford Bronco totaled. William Irvin Peterson Jr., 43, died at the scene, according to the Washington State Patrol.
Peterson was traveling south on Wildwood Road and drove into a field on the opposite side of the road, striking a fence post, according to the state patrol.
He attempted to drive back onto the roadway but flipped the vehicle onto its top when it collided with the road’s embankment, the state patrol reported.
He was seat belted.
The cause of the accident is unknown, according to the patrol.
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