The man who was found dead last week next to a trail at Fort Ward Park died from injuries sustained in a bicycle crash, officials said this week following an autopsy of the victim.
Police were called to Fort Ward Park just after 6 a.m. on July 20 after a man had been found unresponsive next to the paved trail that leads to the upper parking lot at the park. A bicycle was found next to the man.
Kitsap County Coroner Greg Sandstrom said Wednesday the cause of death was “blunt impact head injuries” from a bicycle accident.
The man was identified as Corwin M. Broughton, 20, of Bremerton.
Broughton had gone missing earlier that night after attending a get-together on South Bainbridge. Police were called sometime around midnight July 19 and told he had left the gathering near Fort Ward but had not returned.
Police searched the Fort Ward area but did not find the missing man.
