Camas man killed in traffic collision

A local man died at the scene of a two-vehicle traffic collision Wednesday in Camas.

At approximately 5:30 p.m., 85-year-old Viola Jessett, with her husband William “Bill” Jessett in the passenger seat, was driving a 1997 Ford Escort eastbound on Northeast Third Avenue. According to a press release from the Camas Police Department, the Jessett’s vehicle was hit by a 2002 Mercury Mountaineer being driven northbound on Northeast Hayes Street by 76-year-old Sol Claypool.