Six-vehicle collision closes State Route 17 Sunday
NANCE BESTON | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 1 year, 9 months AGO
On Sunday morning, between Warden and Moses Lake on State Route 17 there was a six-car collision due to the dust storm. Four people were injured and two cars totaled.
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WARDEN – Four people sustained injuries in a six-vehicle collision on State Route 17 between Warden and Moses Lake about 11:30 a.m. Sunday. Two of the cars were totaled.
There was limited visibility due to a dust storm occurring, according to a press release from the Washington State Patrol. No tickets were issued due to the dust storm.
According to WSP, five of the six vehicles were traveling northbound on SR 17 when the collisions occurred. The sixth was traveling southbound.
A 2021 Chevrolet Suburban driven by Maria Faaeteete, 38, Hermiston, Ore., slowed for a vehicle stopped ahead and was struck by a 1997 GMC Sierra, driven by Jose Gonzales, 60, Moses Lake. Gonzales’s vehicle was struck in turn by a 2019 Toyota Tundra driven by Mitchell Thompson, 56, Elma.
Thompson’s truck was hit by a 2014 Dodge Ram driven by Maria Palomino, 41, Eltopia. Daisy Cantu, 24, Othello, swerved to miss the cars in front of her and hit a vehicle traveling southbound, driven by Jessie Cardwell, 44, Pasco.
Gonzales was transported to Samaritan Hospital; so were Cantu and two passengers in Cardwell’s vehicle, Cohen Cardwell, 19, Pasco, and a 15-year-old boy. Two children in Cantu’s vehicle were not injured.
Cantu’s vehicle, a 2024 Chevrolet Traverse, and Cardwell’s 2017 Nissan Rogue were both totaled. The other vehicles sustained reportable damage, the WSP release said.
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