Highway 260 near Connell closed for several hours Friday night while police investigated a serious traffic crash.
Initial reports were that a vehicle collided with an all-terrain vehicle about 5:30 p.m. near the intersection of Highway 260 and Highway 17 near Buehler Lane, which is about four miles east of the Connell. The highway reopened around 9 p.m.
The Washington State Patrol and Connell Police Department investigated. No other details were available.
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CONNELL -- Authorities have released the name of a 32-year-old Connell man who died Friday night after a car hit his off-road vehicle.
Yan Garayquispialaya died at Kadlec Regional Medical Center in Richland following the 5:04 p.m. crash.
Relatives were notified of his death by Garayquispialaya's employer, the Washington State Patrol reported late Monday.
The Transportation Department has reopened Chinook Pass.
A car traveled off state Route 302 and rolled one time down the embankment just after 9 a.m. Wednesday morning, according to police radio traffic. Pierce County Sheriff's Department Peninsula Detachment Deputy Dan Wulick was looking over the scene of the single car rollover accident in the Wauna curves Wednesday morning on the Key Peninsula. The male driver was the only occupant in the 2008 Subaru Outback passenger car when witnesses reported he lost control, over corrected, then left the roadway and rolled once over before crashing into a tree at the bottom of a 40 foot embankment. The man was able to self-extricate himself and walk to a Fire District 16 paramedic unit before being treated and transported to an area hospital with what appear to be minor injures. No alcohol or other factors appear to be in play. Washington State Patrol troopers are investigating the scene while tow operators try to figure out how to remove the car.
Crashes and wrong-way drivers suspected of driving under the influence kept Washington State Patrol troopers busy over Presidents Day weekend.
A 41-year-old woman found dead Feb. 28 in a remote wooded area near Whitaker Road and Old Highway 101 in the Steamboat Island area has been identified as Dana M. Kirkland, of White Center in King County.
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