Fatality in Quincy crash
Herald Staff Writer | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 10 years, 6 months AGO
QUINCY - The Quincy man who died in a rollover crash near Quincy Monday night reportedly was not wearing a seatbelt when the driver lost control of the vehicle.
Jorge A. Ventura Gonzalez, 26, was pronounced dead at the scene on state Route 28 about a mile east of Quincy after he was ejected from the vehicle.
According to the Washington State Patrol, Jose Ventura Cerda, 54, father of the victim and two other passengers, was reportedly reaching for something in the car when he veered across the center line about 5:30 p.m. Ventura Cerda then overcorrected, crossed the center line again and then drove off the highway, causing the vehicle to roll twice into a ditch. The vehicle came to rest on its top.
Ventura Cerda and the other two passengers, Jose Ventura Gonzalez, 29, and Osvaldo Ventura Gonzalez, 20, suffered non-life threatening injuries and were transported to Quincy Valley Medical Center, according to the State Patrol. All three were wearing seatbelts at the time of the crash.
Alcohol was found near and inside the vehicle but the State Patrol determined the driver was not drinking before the crash. SR 28 was closed for nearly five hours as troopers investigated the crash. Inattention was likely the cause of the crash, according to the state patrol, and no citations were issued.
The collision occurred just feet away from the site of a fatal collision in July 2013 when a 50-year-old Moses Lake man was killed.
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