Grace Vickers Car Accident: 19-Year-Old Yakima Teenager, Grace Vickers Dies in Head-On Crash West Of Othello
Grace Vickers Car Accident: 19-Year-Old Yakima Teenager, Grace Vickers Dies in Head-On Crash West Of Othello
Grace Vickers Car Accident: One person is dead from a head-on crash on State Route 24 about 21 miles west of Othello Sunday afternoon.
Troopers say a 2000 Honda Civic driven by 19-year-old Grace Vickers of Yakima was eastbound when it left the roadway to the right.
They say Vickers overcorrected into the westbound lane and hit a 2022 Honda Accord driven by 21-year-old Emilio Castellanos of Tieton.
Vickers’ car came to rest in a ditch. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
Castellanos’ car rolled and came to rest on its top. He was taken to Othello Hospital with injuries.
The crash took place at 3:40 p.m. on Sunday. Drugs or alcohol were not involved.
The cause of the crash was listed as crossing the centre line.
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Othello is a city in Adams County, Washington, United States. The population was 8,549 at the 2020 census, a 16 percent increase from 2010. It is located in the heart of the Columbia Basin Project, approximately 100 miles southwest of Spokane.
