The motorcyclist who was killed in a crash on May 23rd along North Pacific Avenue, just north of Ostrander, has been identified as 56-year-old Troy Wood of Castle Rock. The Cowlitz County Coroner’s Office determined the cause of death to be multiple blunt-force injuries.

As previously reported, Wood had been stopped behind a school bus in the 3100 block of North Pacific Avenue near Alpenridge Road when he was struck from behind by a van. The driver of the van, a 34-year-old, has not yet been publicly identified.