QUILCENE — Three people were killed in two motorcycle crashes over the weekend on U.S. Highway 101.
The State Patrol says two motorcycles collided head-on Sunday afternoon on a curve on the highway south of Quilcene.
Both riders were ejected, and 26-year-old Nicholas H. Montague of Lacey died at the scene.
The other rider, 45-year-old Rodney T. Sutherland of Port Hadlock, was airlifted to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle.
In a crash Saturday afternoon, two people were riding a motorcycle that collided with an oncoming vehicle on the highway north of Shelton.
The crash killed a 48-year-old man from Graham and a 50-year-old woman from Spanaway. The driver of the vehicle had minor injuries.
