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Washougal man dies in ATV crash near Gifford Pinchot National Forest

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By Jerzy Shedlock, Columbian Breaking News Reporter

Investigators believe alcohol and/or excessive speed are factors in an ATV crash that killed a 47-year-old Washougal man and injured a Vancouver woman Tuesday night near a U.S. Forest Service Road east of Cougar. The driver, Eric J. Heath, was pronounced dead at the scene.

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