Six injured, including two minors, after pickup driven by Sarah L. Huntley-Fife, 18, departs North Wenas Road in Selah, WA; DUI is suspected
3 of 6 hurt in Selah crash released from hospital
The conditions of two juveniles taken to the hospital were not immediately available because the Washington State Patrol did not release their names.
Selah boy, 15, hurt in truck crash with 5 others, transferred to Harborview
A 15-year-old from Selah was transferred to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle after being thrown from a pickup that rolled on North Wenas Road early Friday.
5 teens, 1 man injured in North Wenas crash
Troopers said Sarah L. Huntley-Fife, 18, of Selah was driving the Chevrolet K1 pickup south on North Wenas Road when it entered a curve and left the roadway to the right. The pickup rolled and came to rest in a field.
It was about 1:15am when Huntley-Fife was driving her a pickup truck containing five other passengers south on North Wenas Road, when she failed to negotiate a curve to the left and departed the roadway on the right side, causing the truck to roll. An unidentified 15-year-old boy that was in the bed of the truck with no seat belt was ejected from the vehicle, and remains in the hospital. Huntley-Fife and all of the other passengers, which include Ryan Jahr-Gibson, 19, Nathan Janshen, 18, Jose Saavedra, 20, and one unidentified 16-year-old, were also brought to the hospital. Jahr-Gibson, Huntley-Fife, and Saavedra have all been treated and released from the hospital, and Janshen is awaiting release. The crash remains under investigation, though it is suspected that alcohol played a role. We will add more information as it is released.
What every victim of a Selah drunk-driving collision needs to know
It is a sad fact that many injury and fatality accidents are caused by drunk or drugged drivers. Despite all prevention efforts, people still take the risk and drive after drinking, causing a large number of accidents and deaths on Selah roadways.
All victims of a drunk driver, or the family of someone killed in a drunk-driving crash, need reliable information on what to do immediately to launch an insurance claim and ensure that the at-fault driver is held accountable for their actions. Learn more here about how a Selah drunk driving accident lawyer can help. In the event where someone is killed in a collision caused by a drunk driver, an experienced Selah wrongful death lawyer is needed to handle the complicated wrongful death insurance claim.
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