2 dead, 3 injured in rollover crash near Cle Elum

By Associated Press

Summary

Two people died and three people were injured in a crash on Wednesday.

Story Published: Jul 9, 2008 at 8:59 PM PDT

Story Updated: Nov 20, 2008 at 10:56 PM PDT

CLE ELUM, Wash. (AP) - Two people were killed and three injured in a crash on Highway 10, about four miles east of Cle Elum.

The State Patrol says the car drifted off the road Wednesday night, hit an embankment and caught fire.

The dead are Cle Elum residents, the 63-year-old driver, Wayne Free, and a 86-year-old passenger, Alice Young.

Three other passengers were flown to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle with internal, head, neck and back injuries. They are all from Brewster, 58-year-old Jackie Knowlton, 10-year-old Austin Knowlton and 8-year-old Justin Knowlton.