Updated on: 10/29/2018
One person was killed in a two-car collision on State Route 2 about four miles north of Spokane on Saturday, according to the Washington State Patrol.
The incident occurred around 4 a.m. at milepost 297.3 in the suburb of Mead.
Police say a 41-year-old man was driving north on SR 2 when his Ford F350 pickup truck crossed the center line and struck a Kia Optima driven by a 20-year-old man. The driver of the Kia was declared dead at the scene.
The driver of the pickup and his passenger, a 20-year-old man, were transported to area hospitals.
State Patrols says the collision is being investigated as vehicular homicide and that the pickup driver was believed to have been impaired at the time of the crash.
Location of the Collision
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