Ione man dies in Metaline collision

METALINE — A local man died on Friday, April 25 in a collision two miles south of Metaline.

Travis W. Salo, 36, of Ione was travelling southbound on Highway 31 around 11:22 p.m. at milepost 10. His vehicle, a 2007 Toyota Tundra, then left the roadway and collided with a large street sign.

Salo, who was not wearing a seatbelt, was dead at the scene, his vehicle totaled.

The cause of the collision is still under investigation.