Motorcyclist killed on Highway 14 when Kennewick driver crossed the center line
A Stanfield motorcyclist died after a car crossed the center line on Highway 14 near Plymouth.
Tomas Alacaraz Cortez, 41, of Kennewick, was heading east on the highway shortly before 7 p.m. when he crossed into the oncoming traffic, said the Washington State Patrol.
He slammed into a Harley-Davidson motorcycle heading west.
Alan W. Sells, 55, died at the scene, and Alacaraz Cortez was treated at Trios Southridge Hospital in Kennewick.
WSP investigators are still trying to determine what caused Alacaraz Cortez to swerve. They say drugs and alcohol were not involved.
This story was originally published August 2, 2019 at 10:42 AM.