Automobile accident results in death

The San Juan County Sheriff’s Office has confirmed that there was an automobile accident on Lopez Island this afternoon. Sheriff Ron Krebs said “it appears as though an occupant of the vehicle is deceased.”

A 36-year-old man died Monday, March 30, in a rollover collision on Lopez Island.

Deputies were dispatched to the scene of a vehicle upside down on the side of the road in the 200 block of Islandale Road at about 2:30 p.m.

The man was unconscious when deputies arrived at the scene and later determined to be deceased. He was the sole occupant in the vehicle, according to a San Juan County Sheriff’s Department press release.

An investigation is under way to determine the cause of the fatal crash and the man’s death. The man’s name is being withheld pending identification and notification of the family.

Located at the south end of the island, Islandale Road is the primary road connecting the neighborhoods of Hunter and Mud bays to Mud Bay Road.