NEWS BITES: DUI collision, a rough landing and an arrest
STAFF REPORT | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 2 years, 4 months AGO
MOSES LAKE — Grant County Fire District 5, the Grant County Sheriff’s Office and Lifeline Ambulance Services responded to a two-car collision at the intersection of Stratford Road NE and Road 7 NE, near the Grant County International Airport Monday. GCSO Spokesperson Kyle Foreman said the accident was likely caused in association with driving under the influence and three or four people were transported to Samaritan Healthcare for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries.
RITZVILLE — At about 11:45 a.m. Monday a single-engine aircraft traveling from Spokane to Yakama made an emergency landing near the Ritzville Municipal Airport due to an engine failure, according to an Adams County Sheriff’s Office statement. The aircraft touched down outside of the airport and the pilot was uninjured. No property damage appeared to have occurred at the landing site. A photo of the aircraft showed damage to the propeller.
RITZVILLE — Adams County Sheriff’s Office personnel, the U.S. Marshals Service, U.S. Border Patrol and Washington State Department of Corrections arrested Jereme Joseph Bassett on July 12 in Ritzville. Bassett was wanted in association with a warrant wherein he’d violated conditions of parole while released in Yakima, Washington while serving a sentence for the death of a 6-month-old.
EMS took multiple people to Samaritan hospital in Moses Lake after a DUI-related collision near the Grant County International Airport Monday.ARTICLES BY STAFF REPORT
Connell woman killed in Booker Road crash
CONNELL — Charges are pending against a Kennewick man following a collision about 12 miles south of Othello that killed a Connell woman and injured three other people Tuesday evening. A Washington State Patrol press memo said intoxicating substances were a factor. Jessica Zarate, 37, Connell, was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash near the intersection of SR 17 and South Booker Road, the WSP memo said. She was driving south on Booker Road approaching the intersection when her car was hit by a pickup driven by John Reiss, 62, Kennewick. Edgar Garcia Quirino, 28, Othello, was driving north on SR 17 and ran into Zarate's car, the WSP memo said. The crash occurred at about 6:40 p.m.
Wheeler Road closed because of traffic collision
UPDATE: The road was reopened as of noon, according to a GCSO media release. MOSES LAKE — Grant County Sheriff’s Office has announced there is a road closure between Road 3-NE and Road S-NE. There was a serious traffic collision. GCSO is asking for drivers to avoid the area and find alternative routes. This is a developing story and will be updated as more information becomes available.
Doors opening: The Currents will provide homeownership for more local workers
About 104 homes are planned at the former Atlas sawmill site
Teachers, nurses, firefighters and other workers who keep Coeur d’Alene running will soon have more places to buy a home in the community where they work. About 104 homes are being planned to be built at Atlas Waterfront, on roughly 10 acres that are part of a swath of land that was once home to the Atlas sawmill and is being redeveloped. Ignite CDA, the city of Coeur d’Alene’s urban renewal agency, is leading this effort.