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A 5-year-old girl died in a car wreck Saturday night in Lapwai, Idaho.
Maya J. Martinez was killed when a 2006 Jeep Commander driven by Bianca G. Sekayouma, 38, failed to negotiate a curve on U.S. 95. The vehicle struck a utility pole and rolled multiple times.
Sekayouma, Maya Martinez and 7-year-old Mia N. Martinez, all Lapwai residents, were ejected from the vehicle. Neither the woman nor the two children were wearing seat belts, the Idaho State Police said.
Sekayouma and Mia Martinez were injured and taken to St. Joseph Regional Medical Center.
An Omak man faces a vehicular homicide charge after an ATV accident Saturday night that left his passenger dead. The victim, Charity R. Rumbolz, 24, of Omak, was found dead early today in Conconully Lake. Cain M. Bivins, 33, was booked into the Okanogan County Jail. Alcohol was a factor in the accident. Bivins was driving the ATV on Sinlahekin Road along the upper reservoir of Conconully Lake when he lost control on a sharp corner. The ATV went over a 100-foot cliff and into the water. Bivins was ejected but Rumbolz, who was wearing a seat belt, sunk with the ATV in about 30 feet of water.