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Mason County man is killed in Monday morning wreck

Washington State Patrol reported that a two-vehicle collision on State Route 3 just south of Belfair in Mason County ended with one man dead Monday morning.

William N. Cundiff, 74, died at the scene.

According to a press memo from WSP, the Belfair man failed to stop at a stop sign to get onto SR3 and was hit by another vehicle driven by a 17-year-old male.

The teenager was injured, but drove himself to an area hospital, according to the memo.

The collision left the roadway closed for more than two hours.

This story was originally published April 18, 2022 at 1:51 PM.

Ty Vinson
The Olympian
Ty Vinson covers the City of Olympia and keeps tabs on Tumwater and other communities in Thurston County. He joined The Olympian in 2021. Before that, he earned his bachelor’s degree in journalism at Indiana University. In college, he worked as an intern at the Northwest Indiana Times, the Oregonian and the Arizona Republic as a Pulliam Fellow. Support my work with a digital subscription
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