A 75-year-old Poulsbo man was killed and a second person was injured after the man’s car crossed the centerline on Highway 104 Monday morning and hit a dump truck.

The deceased man was identified by the Washington State Patrol as Bruce A. Nelson.

Nelson’s 2009 Chevrolet Malibu was traveling east on Highway 104 just after
10 a.m. Aug. 23, while the 2019 Mack dump truck was traveling west.

Nelson’s Malibu failed to keep right going into a turn and went into opposing traffic, striking the front left corner of the Mack truck, according to Washington State Patrol.

The truck driver, a 52-year-old Port Angeles man, was airlifted from the scene by a medevac helicopter to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle.

The truck driver had “cuts and abrasions” after the three-vehicle collision, said Washington State Trooper Casey Corey.

He was “alert and conscious on the scene,” Corey said.

The third car, a 2019 Toyota RAV4, involved in the crash was not directly struck in the collision, but was hit with debris from the Chevrolet sedan and Mack truck.

The driver of the Toyota, a 71-year-old Seattle woman, was not hurt in the crash. Her passenger, a 74-year-old Edmonds woman, also escaped injury. 

The driver and passenger of the third car said they saw the sedan cross two lanes of traffic before colliding with the Mack truck. 

As a result of the collision, a tire came off one of the other vehicles and hit their car, the driver and passenger said.

The roadway was blocked for eight hours after the collision.

The Mack truck and trailer, as well as the Malibu, were totaled in the crash. 

Drugs or alcohol were not factors in the crash, according to the Washington State Patrol.