Crime & Safety
Puyallup Man Killed In Motorcycle Crash Sunday: Sheriff
Eric Pelissier, 27, reportedly died after colliding with a truck on Canyon Road East Sunday night.
TACOMA, WA — A Puyallup man was identified as the victim in a fatal motorcycle versus truck collision that occurred Sunday in unincorporated Pierce County.
The Pierce County Sheriff's Department on Monday said 27-year-old Eric Pelissier around 11:30 p.m. July 14 was traveling north in the southbound lanes of Canyon Road East when he hit a truck in the 17100-block.
Following the crash, which reportedly did not injure anyone else involved, Pelissier was taken to Tacoma General Hospital, where he was pronounced deceased.
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Pelissier was not wearing a helmet at the time of the crash, sheriff's officials said, adding that Pelissier was at a bar before the crash.
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