Subaru, potato truck collision leads to injuries
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Three people were injured in a collision that resulted in a vehicle fire east of Moses Lake Monday.
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Joel Martin has been with the Columbia Basin Herald for more than 25 years in a variety of roles and is the most-tenured employee in the building. Martin is a married father of eight and enjoys spending time with his children and his wife, Christina. He is passionate about the paper’s mission of informing the people of the Columbia Basin because he knows it is important to record the history of the communities the publication serves. | September 26, 2023 5:42 PM
MOSES LAKE — Three people were transported to the hospital with nonlife-threatening injuries after their car caught fire in a collision Monday afternoon.
Simon Simons, 48, of Wilbur and his passenger Erika Simons, also 48, of Wilbur were driving south in a 2021 Subaru Outback on Road W Northeast just east of Moses Lake at about 5 p.m., according to Grant County Sheriff’s Office Public Information Officer Kyle Foreman. Simons ran the stop sign at Road 3 Northeast at about 55 miles per hour and was struck by a 2008 Peterbilt 386 loaded with potatoes and driven by Jesus Munoz Chacon, 37, of Warden.
The Peterbilt jackknifed, Foreman said, and the Subaru bounced off it and landed on the south shoulder of Road 3 and caught fire. The Simonses were able to escape the burning vehicle with non-life-threatening injuries related to the collision but not the fire. Chacon complained of lower back pain. All three were transported to Samaritan Hospital.
“It could have been a lot worse,” Foreman said. “It was very lucky the occupants were able to get out of the burning car."
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