Three young Auburn residents killed on fiery Forest Service road have been identified
The three young adults killed in a fiery crash on a Greenwater Forest Service road in August have been identified.
The single-vehicle wreck occurred just before 6 a.m. Aug. 18 on U.S. Forest Service Road 70 less than a mile east of state Route 410, according to the Pierce County Sheriff’s Department.
Makayla Kinser, 22, Isaiah Powers, 21, and Jonathan Chamberlain, 20 were killed in the accident, according to the Pierce County Medical Examiner’s Office.
They were all residents of Auburn.
Kinser and Chamberlain died from smoke inhalation and burns. Powers’ cause of death is still pending, according to the Medical Examiner. Their deaths were ruled an accident.
A passerby called 911 to report a burning vehicle that had crashed off the road and that there appeared to be at least one dead person inside. Firefighters extinguished the flames, which had spread to nearby vegetation.
