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Ritzville woman killed in wrong-way crash

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Two people were killed and five more were injured in a wrong-way crash about eight miles south of Lind on State Route 395 on the evening of Dec. 29.

According to the Washington State Patrol one of the vehicles, a 2015 Toyota Prius, was driving southbound in the northbound lane of State Route 395, and struck a 2007 Dodge Grand Caravan head-on in the northbound lane head-on near milepost 71 around 6 p.m.

One of those killed in the incident was Jessica L. Cody, 36, a resident of Ritzville. Cody was a passenger in the Dodge Grand Caravan and was pronounced dead on the scene. Jeremiah J. Cody, 34,...

 

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