Coroner IDs body found in Tumwater, man killed in car crash

A man who electrocuted himself, and another man who died when he drove into a tree on Sunday were both identified Tuesday by the Thurston County Coroner’s Office.

The body of Benjamin O. Edmonson, 37, of Olympia, was found Sunday morning on the former Olympia brewery property at Custer Way and Boston Street near an area marked “high voltage.”

Coroner Gary Warnock confirmed that Edmonson electrocuted himself, and that his manner of death was accidental.

Hours later, a man died when he drove his vehicle through a wooden fence and a chain link fence and into a tree east on North Street Southeast at Cain Road. His vehicle came to rest at a 45-degree angle.

That man was identified as David B. Campbell, 56, of Olympia, Warnock said.

This story was originally published July 31, 2018 at 3:09 PM.