Seattle-Tacoma, WA
Accident Date:
Thu, 01/19/2023Alexsandrina Hyer was driving southbound on U.S. Highway 97 at about 3 p.m. when she attempted to pass a semi-trailer, but failed to yield, striking a northbound car head-on. Hyer was injured and taken to Klickitat Valley Hospital.
Matilda Jim, of Toppenish, was driving north about two miles south of Toppenish when her vehicle crossed the centerline and departed the road about 10:30 p.m.
Federal prosecutors in Portland say it looked at first like an unremarkable rollover crash involving a tractor-trailer rig on U.S. Highway 97 in north-central Oregon.