One dead in accident west of Newport

A man is dead following an accident late Monday about 12 miles west of Newport. The Washington State Patrol said the man was speeding southbound on state Route 211 in a 1983 Oldsmobile Cutlass shortly after 10 p.m. He passed another vehicle and over-corrected then left the road and rolled his car down an embankment on the west side of the road. The Oldsmobile then caught fire, a news release said. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene. No other information was provided about his identity.