On Tuesday, May 12 at approximately 7:28 p.m., The Skamania County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a serious injury motor vehicle collision at milepost 5 on the USFS 65 road, 15 miles north of Carson.

The caller reported a vehicle swerved off the paved roadway and was 50 yards down an embankment. Skamania County Sheriff’s Deputies, along with Skamania County EMS and Skamania County Fire District 2 personnel, responded. The driver, Braden Allen Scott Hegewald, 21, of Home Valley, Wash., died at the scene.