SPOKANE – An Airway Heights was killed in a late-night crash Sunday, May 14.
At press time, the 26-year-old man’s name was being withheld pending notification of kin.
The crash occurred at 11:48 p.m. on State Highway 291, near Seven Mile Road, the Washington State Patrol reported.
The driver was northbound on the highway in a 2017 Dodge Charger at a “high rate of speed” when he failed to negotiate a curve, the patrol said. His vehicle went off the roadway and hit a tree.
Both the driver and his passenger, Serjay J. Firsov, 27, of Nine Mile Falls, were ejected from the vehicle even though both were wearing seatbelts, the patrol said.
The driver was pronounced dead at the scene; Firsov was transported to a Spokane hospital, the patrol said.
State Highway 291 was closed in both directions while the patrol investigated the crash. Thehighway reopened to traffic at 6:45 a.m. Monday, May 15.
Speed was cited as the cause of the crash, the patrol said. Troopers are still investigating whether alcohol or drugs was a factor in the crash.
The Charger was removed from the scene by Evergreen State West towing, the patrol said.
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