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Authorities responded to a crash on Rutter Parkway at about 1:30am, which involved a car carrying five teenagers that somehow lost control and rolled. Of the teens in the car, four were taken to the hospital with injuries, including one who had non-life threatening but still serious injuries. Investigation into the cause of the crash is ongoing, and it is believed that drugs and/ or alcohol may have been involved.
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Wynter Spencer was driving on Highway 195 when her car drove onto the northbound shoulder and she overcorrected, crossing the southbound lanes, then rolling over and coming to a rest in a field on the side of the road. She was airlifted to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Authorities say the cause of the crash was distracted riving and negligent driving charges will be filed.
At about 9:00pm, Morris was driving on State Route 904 when his car departed the roadway and struck a rock wall, which caused it to roll back into the roadway. He was not using a seat belt at the time of the crash, and was taken to the hospital via helicopter in critical condition.
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Investigators believe a fatal car accident discovered in the 25800 block of East River Road near Otis Orchards at 4 p.m. today actually occurred around 7 p.m. Wednesday. A 911 caller reported seeing a car about 150 feet down an embankment on the north side of the Spokane River and what appeared to be a body near the car. It appears that the driver was heading east when the car went down the embankment and rolled multiple times. The woman, later identified as Jordyn Bouquet, 23, was not wearing a seat belt and was ejected.
A single lane of the off-ramp was partially blocked while emergency crews attended to those injured in the crash, WSP spokesman Jeff Sevigney said.
One man was killed and two others were badly injured in a car accident early this morning in Otis Orchards. A 2004 Dodge Ram pickup hit a power pole and a tree then rolled off of Wellesley Avenue around 1:15 a.m. Taylor Stacy, 18, was killed when he was thrown from the vehicle. Michael Steinbach, 20, was in serious condition at a local hospital. Derrick Wilcox, 24, was in critical condition at Kootenai Medical Center.
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