A Brewster man was killed in a one-vehicle collision last night near Malott.
Okanogan County Sheriff Frank Rogers said a pickup truck missed a curve on Chiliwist Road at about 9:06 p.m. and went down an embankment of about 80 to 100 feet.
The truck crossed a creek and went down another embankment, then caught fire.
Jason Westerdahl, 35, was pronounced dead at the scene, after emergency crews doused the flames to find him still inside the pickup.
Eric Foyle, 26, also of Brewster, was ejected from the truck and landed in a nearby field.
He was transported to a hospital for treatment of his injuries.
Rogers said an autopsy will be done today to determine Westerdahl’s cause of death and make a positive identification of the body.
The cause of the crash is under investigation.
A two-vehicle collision was reported at about 10:14 this morning on Highway 97, four miles north of Brewster.
According to the State Patrol, 74-year-old Barbara Bryant of Mansfield had slowed down to make a left turn into a driveway when her vehicle was struck from behind by a 2004 Toyota Matrix driven by 18-year-old Kelsey Housden of Brewster.
Bryant and her passengers – 80-year-old James Tupling and 53-year-old Ernest Tupling of Brewster – were treated at the nearby hospital for their injuries.
Housden wasn’t hurt, but the State Patrol says she was charged with following too closely. Click the link below to view pictures of the crash.
And three miles north of Brewster at 1:10 this morning, a 17-year-old Bridgeport girl crashed her Ford F150 pickup on Highway 97.
According to a State Patrol report, Irma Gomez Garcia was attempting to pass another vehicle when she struck the southbound sidewalk of a bridge, then swerved back and forth across the bridge before coming to a rest on the east side.
She was taken to Okanogan Douglas Hospital for treatment of abdominal pain.
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