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Mattawa crash injures one

STAFF REPORT | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 9 months, 4 weeks AGO
by STAFF REPORT
| July 5, 2025 1:59 PM

MATTAWA — A Renton man was transported to Kadlec Regional Medical Center on Wednesday after he drove off the road and rolled his semitruck. 

Kibret Ghulbet, 39, was driving south on State Route 234 about 13 miles south of Mattawa on Wednesday when he ran off the road, according to a press memo from the Washington State Patrol. Ghulbet overcorrected and rolled his truck.  

The crash closed SR 243 for about four hours. 

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