Nanette L'Amie-Bupp, 63, Michael L. Howell, 51, dead and Russell Gilchrist, 67, injured after fiery head-on crash on Ocean Beach Highway west of Longview, Washington
Police ID 1 victim in crash that killed 2 others near Longview
The Washington State Patrol said a vehicle was traveling east when the driver tried to make a pass over a double, solid yellow center line and struck a westbound pickup truck head-on. The eastbound vehicle caught on fire, trapping two people inside. Both occupants died at the scene.
Fiery head-on crash kills 2 on Ocean Beach Highway
However, authorities say both deceased victims were in their 60s and from Cathlamet, WSP trooper Mike Chapman said. They were both in a Subaru.
Due to the fire, the identities of the two people who died have yet to be confirmed, troopers said. Russell Gilchrist, of Longview, was flown in a LifeFlight helicopter to PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center in Vancouver with a broken right leg and fractured vertebrae.
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