20-year-old Chattaroy motorcyclist dies in crash

May 13, 2026 Updated Wed., May 13, 2026 at 5:26 p.m.

By Garrett Cabeza garrettc@spokesman.com (509) 459-5135

A 20-year-old Chattaroy man was killed Tuesday after he collided with a trailer 3 miles north of Mead, according to Washington State Patrol.

Shortly before noon, Drake K. Britton was riding a motorcycle north on Newport Highway at a high speed, troopers said in a news release. A woman in a pickup pulling a trailer was driving west on Green Bluff Road and made a left turn into southbound lanes of the highway when Britton collided with the trailer.

Britton was wearing a helmet and died at the scene.

The pickup driver, a 49-year-old Ellensburg woman, and her passenger, a 78-year-old Ellensburg man, were uninjured.

WSP said the motorcyclist’s speed caused the crash. No drugs or alcohol were involved.

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