Maple Valley man killed after being thrown from motorcycle into path of truck



RENTON, Wash. -- A motorcyclist was killed in a crash Tuesday morning on SR 169 in Renton.

According to Renton police, a motorcycle and a car collided at 154th Pl SE and the Maple Valley Highway. The rider was launched from the motorcycle and then hit by a passing pickup truck.

Police said the rider, a man in his 60s from Maple Valley, died at the scene.

Nobody else was hurt. Police are continuing to investigate the crash.

Both directions of the highway reopened around 8 a.m.