Yakima is not a huge city with a population of 91,000, but there are many commuters traveling into the city each day, coming in from the greater Yakima region. This, of course, means that the traffic congestion is a growing problem, and car accidents are a daily occurrence. Pasco is one of three cities that make up the Tri-Cities region of Washington State. The Tri-Cities is a mid-sized metropolitan area of approximately 271,124 people that also includes the cities of Kennewick and Richland.
If you are looking for information on a specific crash that happened in Yakima, the Tri-Cities, or Central Washington, go to the appropriate link above.
Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital;
Yakima Regional Medical Center;
Lourdes Medical Center - Pasco;
Kadlec Regional Medical Center - Richland;
Trios Health - Kennewick.
When a loved one is killed in a Yakima or Tri-Cities motor-vehicle accident, it is often helpful for grieving family and friends to get help from a grief support organization or therapist. It can be comforting to talk with others going through a similar situation, and the road to recovering from the loss may go more smoothly. Go here to get information on Yakima and Tri-Cities grief support organizations and professionals.
After someone has been injured or killed in a motor-vehicle crash in Yakima or Central Washington, many decisions need to be made immediately and questions need to be answered. For example, how much of the medical costs will be covered by the insurance policy? How does PIP insurance help with medical bills immediately? What if the at-fault driver has no insurance?
When someone is seriously injured or killed in an accident, it is important to get help from an experienced personal injury attorney. A good accident lawyer works with injured folks to get financial compensation for all kinds of accidents and injuries including:
After a serious crash in Central Washington, it is crucial to get help from a good Yakima personal injury attorney who understands the local regulations and legal standards, who knows how insurance policies work, and who can handle all aspects of an insurance claim so the injured person can focus on recovery. If someone is killed in a collision, a Yakima wrongful death lawyer will launch a claim that will begin the process of financial recovery for the family members left behind.
At about 5:35pm, an unidentified 17-year-old driver was driving south on Division Road, but ran the stop sign at the intersection with State Route 22 and was struck by a pickup driving west on that road.
At about 11:40am, police received report of a man, identified as David Nagle, 51, found dead floating in a pool of water near the Naches river.
Vasquez was driving a loader near Riverview Ranch’s dairy waste pond, and accidentally let the wheels slip over the edge, causing the loader to fall into the pond onto its side.
Coronado allegedly fell asleep while driving an Isuzu Rodeo at about 3:50am near Benton City, which caused the car to roll over. She was injured in the crash, taken to the hospital, and is now in satisfactory condition.
Shortly before 11:00pm, Miguel-Chaves, who police say was under the influence of alcohol, was driving the wrong way in eastbound lanes of I-82, and collided with a Volvo semi-truck driven by Mihail Jecov, 55.
Brenden M. Barker was driving near Snoqualmie Pass on westbound 1-90 when his vehicle left the roadway and rolled, coming to a rest on the left shoulder of the eastboud lanes.
Rampey was a passenger on a eastbound motorcycle on I-82 driven by Keith Butler, 44, when the rear tire of the vehicle popped and caused Butler to crash into a guardrail.
John Walters, 55, was driving his 2006 Nissan TItan pickup on State Route 410 near Naches, Washington when he left the road and rolled over.
Fields was driving on I-90 on Monday morning when she departed the roadway to right, which caused the car to roll over and land upside-down. She was injured and taken to the hospital, treated, and eventually released.
John Walters, 55, was killed Saturday night after his truck exited State Route 410 at about 10:00 p.m. northwest of Naches. Walters was eastbound in a Nissan pickup when his vehicle left the road and rolled over.
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
Noggerath was driving east on SR 240 on Saturday afternoon when he stopped behind a pickup truck that had stopped for cross-traffic, and a third eastbound car driven by Darren Edelen, 47, failed to slow down in time and crashed into b
On Wednesday afternoon, Munoz-Mendez was driving west on McDonald Road when he did not stop at the stop sign at the intersection with Lateral A, and collided with a car driven by Estephanie Lopez-Pena, 19, who was driving north on that road.
