SEQUIM — A 51-year-old Sequim man is dead after his car struck a power pole on Old Olympic Highway early Sunday morning, according to the Clallam County Sheriff’s Office.
Greg Valaske, who was driving the car, was found unconscious and entangled in the wreckage before he was extricated by first responders, according to a press release.
Valaske had been traveling eastbound on Old Olympic Highway and left the south side of the roadway, sliding through a front yard, before striking a main distribution high voltage power pole.
No one else was in the car and alcohol may have been involved in the collision, according to the press release.
Deputies, Sequim police officers, and Fire District No. 3 personnel responded to the wreck at 1:05 a.m. in the 7000 block on Old Olympic Highway, north of Sequim.
Valaske at one point gained consciousness and was airlifted by Airlift Northwest to Harborview Hospital in Seattle.
He died from unspecified injuries upon arrival at Harborview, according to the press release.
The pole was broken by the impact with the car coming to rest on top of part of the pole.
The power lines still had power when rescue crews extricated Valaske from the 2002 Buick, which was totaled in the crash.
