Maple Falls man killed in crash on forest service road

A 62-year-old Maple Falls man was killed when his pickup hit a stump on a forest service road 32 miles east of Bellingham Tuesday evening.

Jaromir Lahulek was headed eastbound on Forest Service Road 1130, west of Baker Lake, in a 2003 green Toyota Tacoma pickup at about 7 p.m., according to the Washington State Patrol report.

The truck drifted off the roadway to the right and hit a stump.

Lahulek was not wearing a seat belt, according to the state patrol’s report, and he was found dead at the scene.

“Had he been seat belted, his injuries would have been minimal or at least not life-threatening,” Whatcom County Medical Examiner Dr. Gary Goldfogel said.

The cause of the wreck is under investigation.

This story was originally published September 5, 2018 at 7:17 AM.