Two children in Ford were taken to Yakima Memorial Hospital for treatment
Yakima County, WA. – Three people were killed and four others were injured in a head-on collision in Yakima County on Friday night, according to the WSP.
The fatal collision happened at about 9:45 p.m. on State Route 24, about 15 miles east of Moxee.
WSP said a 2025 Ford Expedition was traveling eastbound when it tried to pass, veered into the westbound lane and collided head-on with a 2004 Dodge Grand Caravan.
Two occupants in the Ford, a 39-year-old and a 38-year-old, both from Bellingham, were pronounced dead at the scene.
Both were not wearing their seatbelts at the time of the accident.
Two children in Ford were taken to Yakima Memorial Hospital for treatment. They were wearing seatbelts.
The driver of the Dodge Caravan, a 35-year-old from Kelso, and a 13-year-old female passenger were taken to Yakima Memorial Hospital for treatment.
The driver was wearing a seatbelt while the 13-year-old was not.
Another female passenger, an 11-year-old, was pronounced dead at the scene. She was not wearing a seatbelt.
Unsafe passing was a factor in the accident.
WSP is investigating the accident.
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