Coroner identifies motorcyclist who died in Rochester Saturday night

A motorcyclist who died in a crash Saturday night in Rochester was identified Monday as Ralph Hoyle, 63, of Centralia, according to the Thurston County Coroner’s Office.

Hoyle died, and his female passenger was seriously injured, when they were involved in a crash with a car about 7:45 p.m. Saturday at 188th Avenue Southwest and Marble Street Southwest, according to the Thurston County Sheriff’s Office.

The woman was flown to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle where she was in critical but stable condition.

The 83-year-old man driving the car swerved to avoid the motorcycle and wound up off the road in some trees. He was in stable condition Saturday night, according to the sheriff’s office.

This story was originally published November 5, 2018 at 2:38 PM.