Victims ID’d in recent fatal Kitsap vehicle collisions

The Kitsap County Medical Examiner’s Office has identified two people who died following two separate motor vehicle collisions that occurred last week.

The victim of the collision on Bethel-Burley Road in South Kitsap Dec. 23 was identified as 87-year-old Edward J. Mitchell, Jr. of Port Orchard. The victim of the collision on Viking Way in North Kitsap Christmas Day was identified as 19-year-old Edwin J. Vallecillo-Canales of Kingston.

Cause of death for both was multiple blunt force injuries and the manner of death for both was accident, per the medical examiner.