Three dead in Othello crash

OTHELLO — Three Warden residents were killed in a crash Thursday, Feb. 15, on state Highway 17 a mile east of the city.

Manuela Franco Huerta, 44, Daniel Gama Perez, 14, and Brini Moran Flores, 44, all died of injuries they sustained in the crash, the Washington State Patrol reported. Flores was pronounced dead at the scene; Huerta and Perez were pronounced dead at Othello Community Hospital.

All three were wearing seatbelts at the time of the crash, the patrol reported. Neither drugs nor alcohol was a factor.

The crash occurred at about 7:09 a.m. Thursday, the patrol reported.

Huerta was driv...