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Two dead, multiple injured in I-90 collision

Story Highlights:
Two dead in Cle Elum accident
Motor vehicle collision cause unknown



Date: May 28, 2011, 05/28/2011
Location: Cle Elum, Kittitas County, Washington
Type: Bus accident, Motor vehicle collision
Outcome: 2 dead, ~21 injured

Two people were killed and 21 were injured in motor vehicle collision on I-90 near Cle Elum on Saturday.

Around 6:25 p.m. 51-year-old Ciro R. Astudillo and 45-year-old Virginia Ocampo Soriano were killed when their Motorcoach bus flipped on Interstate 90. The collision affected two other cars and an estimated 21 people were injured. One of the most severe was 24-year-old Jeffrey R. Irmer who was taken to Harborview Medical Center for a broken leg.

The driver of the Motorcoach bus, 67-year-old Elmer Schuman was not injured and was wearing his seatbelt.

Witnesses are asked to call Detective Sgt. Jerry Cooper with Washington State Patrol 360-805 1192 or Detective Curt Ladines at 360-805-1160.

National Car Accident Statistics
There were an estimated 6,420,000 car accidents in the US in 2005. There were about 2.9 million car accident injury cases and 42,636 car accident deaths. An average of 115 persons die each day in car accidents in the United States -- one every 13 minutes. According to the World Health Organization about 3000 people die in car accidents each day worldwide.There were more than 5.5 million car accidents in the United States. Nearly 31,000 were fatal, and more than 2 million people were injured. The majority of fatal crashes involved only one vehicle (61 percent).

Seattle Car Accident Victim Attorneys
A motor vehicle accident is when a road vehicle collides with another vehicle, pedestrian, road debris, or man-made object. These collisions can result in personal injury, property damage, or death. Motor vehicle accidents can involve automobiles, trucks, semi or tractor trailer trucks, delivery vehicles, passenger vans, motorcycles, etc. Contributing factors in traffic accidents can be vehicle design, speed of operation, road design, driver distraction (texting or talking on a cell phone while driving), and driver impairment (drunk driving).Chris Davis and everyone at the Davis Law Group send out heartfelt condolences for the family and friends of Ciro Astudillo and Virginia Soriano and urge them to find good wrongful death lawyers to get the compensation they deserve for experiencing such a terrible loss. If you or a family member has suffered as the result of a car accident in Washington state, Seattle motor vehicle accident attorney Chris Davis and the Davis Law Group, P.S. can help you. We are committed to helping car accident, trucking accident, DUI accident, and motorcycle accident victims recover the just and fair compensation they are entitled to receive under the law.