A longtime member of the Naches Fire Department was killed in a crash between his motorized scooter and a town-owned pickup truck Thursday.
Scott Lounsbury, 55, was identified by the Yakima County Coroner’s Office as the driver who was killed in the crash at the intersection of Sinclair Avenue and East Second Street.
The fire department’s website states that Lounsbury was the department’s photographer.
Fire Chief Alan Baird described Lounsbury as “an icon” in the small Upper Valley town.
“If you painted a picture of Naches, he was always part of the landscape,” Baird recalled. “His family has been a mainstay of Naches for decades.” A longtime member of the Naches Fire Department was killed in a crash between his motorized scooter and a town-owned pickup truck Thursday.
Scott Lounsbury, 55, was identified by the Yakima County Coroner’s Office as the driver who was killed in the crash at the intersection of Sinclair Avenue and East Second Street.
The fire department’s website states that Lounsbury was the department’s photographer.