Tri-City man dies after car hits stone wall

A Kennewick man was found dead in a crashed car south of Benton City early Sunday morning.

A passerby spotted a Subaru Legacy about 6:20 a.m. that had run into a stone retaining wall on Webber Canyon Road about a quarter mile south of the intersection with Badger Road.

Paul S. Samson, 41, died from the collision, said Sgt. John Thompson of the Benton County Sheriff’s Office. He was wearing a seat belt.

No one else was in the car.

Samson was driving south and his Subaru appeared to have drifted off the shoulder and followed a ditch before crashing head on into the retaining wall, Thompson said.

Law enforcement officials believe the crash occurred sometime in the night.

This story was originally published September 23, 2018 at 4:58 PM.