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Portland, OR
Kelcie Huntley was walking to class Monday morning in Vancouver when she hit by a school bus at a crosswalk. The impact broke her pelvis and she suffered facial lacerations.
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Yakima-Pasco-Richland-Kennewick, WA
Driver Brian I. Gonzalez, 22, rolled his semi truck by overcorrecting after allowing his truck to drift onto the shoulder while driving southbound on State Route 241 near Sunnyside, Washington.
Yakima-Pasco-Richland-Kennewick, WA
Intoxicated driving is a factor in a rollover accident that injured a man in north Yakima this morning. Adrian Hernandez, 19, of Union Gap was driving on U.S. Highway 12 at about 4:30 a.m., when he exited on North First Street. He was unable to make the curve and rolled his car over.
Spokane, WA
A man was ejected several feet into the air from his vehicle when he collided with another car, but was fortunately only 500 feet away from a fire station when the crash occurred.
Spokane, WA
Yolanda Garcia Alvarez was struck from behind by a Nissan Maxima while walking on Main Street. She was taken to a local medical center and is reported in stable condition. The man believed to have hit her is identified as 23-year-old Raymundo Juarez Garcia.
Yakima-Pasco-Richland-Kennewick, WA
A two-car crash that took place about 5:40 Saturday afternoon caused only one minor injury. One woman, the 22-year-old driver of a Toyota Camry, was transported to the hospital by another vehicle to check on a sore wrist. The woman was headed southbound on Sixth Avenu
Yakima-Pasco-Richland-Kennewick, WA
A Yakima man was injured Friday afternoon after his car struck a motorcycle on State Route 410. Michael W. Oniell, 52, was taken to Yakima Regional Medical and Cardiac Center, where his condition was still being evaluated Friday evening.
Portland, OR
Christopher D. Steffen, 62, of Battle Ground, died in the hospital after a Friday evening rear-end crash in the Orchards area. Around 6:30 p.m.
Seattle-Tacoma, WA
A 15-year-old student at Federal Way High School was struck by a school bus while she was crossing the street at the crosswalk at South 308th Street and Pacific Highway South. None of the students on the bus were hurt. Investigators are uncertain what caused the accident.
Yakima-Pasco-Richland-Kennewick, WA
Two drivers were injured in a rear-end crash on U.S. Highway 12 west of Yakima. Israel Cruz-Cruz, 21, of Yakima, and Maria N.
Yakima-Pasco-Richland-Kennewick, WA
Maria N. Martinez, of Granger, was stopped for backed-up traffic at Ackley Road about 6:50 a.m. when Israel Cruz-Cruz, of Yakima, struck her car from behind. Both drivers were taken to the hospital, and Cruz-Cruz is expected to be ticketed in the incident.
Yakima-Pasco-Richland-Kennewick, WA
Seattle-Tacoma, WA
Portland, OR
Seattle-Tacoma, WA
An incident occured on Saturday morning in Lake Stevens in which a deputy struck a 51-year-old pedestrian with his patrol car. The deputy was on routine patrol driving on state Route 92 near Callow Road early Saturday morning when he hit the pedestrian.