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Two injured in Wenatchee accident

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One injured in Wenatchee accident
Motor vehicle collision caused by failure to yield



Date: June 20, 2011, 06/20/2011
Location: Wenatchee, Grant County, Washington
Type: Car accident, Motor vehicle collision
Outcome: Two injured

Two people were injured in a collision near Wenatchee on Monday.

Luz T. Alejanderz, 57, was merging onto eastbound Highway 2 from SR 97 when he struck another vehicle driven 24-year-old Andrew W. Botts.

Botts was injured and transported to Central Washington with neck and hand injuries. Alejandrez was not injured.

Washington State Patrol is investigating the accident and Alejandrez was cited for failure to yield.

Wenatchee Fatal Accident Statistics for 2009
Fatal accident count: 2
Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 3
Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 2
Fatalities: 2
Persons involved in fatal accidents: 3
Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: 0

Yielding Right-of-way (RCW 46.61.190)
Preferential right-of-way may be indicated by stop signs or yield signs except when directed to proceed by a duly authorized flagger, or a police officer, or a firefighter vested by law with authority to direct, control, or regulate traffic, every driver of a vehicle approaching a stop sign shall stop at a clearly marked stop line, but if none, before entering a marked crosswalk on the near side of the intersection or, if none, then at the point nearest the intersecting roadway where the driver has a view of approaching traffic on the intersecting roadway before entering the roadway, and after having stopped shall yield the right-of-way to any vehicle in the intersection or approaching on another roadway so closely as to constitute an immediate hazard during the time when such driver is moving across or within the intersection or junction of roadways.

Seattle Motor Vehicle Accident 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. 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.