BELLINGHAM, Wash. — A Bellingham man is dead after troopers say he crashed his motorcycle into a dirt bank Wednesday afternoon.
The State Patrol reports Chase M. Westergreen was in the 5600 block of South Pass Road north of Kendall after 2 PM when he went off the road, hit a dirt bank and was thrown from the motorcycle.
Both Westergreen and the bike came to rest in a ditch.
Westergreen was pronounced dead at the scene.
Troopers don’t know if drugs or alcohol were involved.