County prosecutor dies in motorcycle crash
May 20—Asotin County Prosecutor Benjamin C. Nichols died Friday after being involved in a vehicle versus motorcycle crash on Critchfield Road between Clarkston and Asotin.
According to a news release from the Asotin County Sheriff's Office, Nichols was riding his motorcycle east on Critchfield Road. He was near the intersection of Swallows Nest Drive when a westbound SUV driven by 79-year-old Richard B. Hensley, of Lewiston, attempted to turn left from Critchield onto Swallows Nest Drive and collided with Nichols.
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