OR Man Edwin Chicas ID’d As Victim In Sunday Vancouver Fatal BMW Crash

CLARK COUNTY, WA. (THECOUNT) — Edwin X. Chicas Jr., of Camby, Oregon, has been identified as the victim in a Sunday fatal vehicle crash in Clark County, Washington.

Chicas, 31, was killed in a three-vehicle collision involving a semi-tractor in Vancouver early Sunday morning.

According to reports, Chicas was operating a BMW passenger vehicle on Interstate 205 near the Mill Plain Boulevard Exit in Vancouver, when for unknown reasons, the vehicle rear-ended a big-rig, operated by David Porter, 59, of Chehalis, Washington, around 3 a.m. Sunday. The BMW then rolled over before it was struck by a compact pickup truck operated by Dagoberto Vargas Perez, 35, of Vancouver.

The truck drivers were uninjured in the crash.

Chicas was pronounced dead at the scene of blunt force trauma injuries.

The cause of the crash remains under investigation.

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Geo quick facts: Clark County is a county in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Washington, and the southernmost county in Washington. As of the 2010 census, the population was 425,363, making it Washington’s fifth-most populous county. Its county seat and largest city is Vancouver – Wikipedia.