Originally published November 8, 2005 at 12:00 AM | Page modified November 8, 2005 at 6:47 PM
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Relatives and friends took Benjamin A. Wright's car keys at his 55th birthday party, saying he'd had too much to drink to get behind the wheel, but he still wound up dying in a traffic accident.
By The Associated Press
SULTAN – Relatives and friends took Benjamin A. Wright's car keys at his 55th birthday party, saying he'd had too much to drink to get behind the wheel, but he still wound up dying in a traffic accident.
Not long after being told he should spend the night at his son's place, Wright said he was going outside for a smoke. Instead, he apparently began walking home and was fatally struck by a car about 10 p.m. Sunday in the eastbound lane of Highway 2, Police Chief Fred Walser said.
Wright died at the scene and the driver, a 54-year-old Gold Bar woman, was treated for minor injuries at Valley General Hospital in Monroe.
There was no immediate word on whether charges would be filed, but Walser said the woman apparently didn't see Wright in the road, Walser said. Wright was wearing dark clothing, and "it's very dark in that part of town," the police chief said.
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