According to the Washington State Police, the wreck was reported at around 3 p.m. December 3 on State Route 270 at Airport Road.
Pullman, WA – 94-year-old Beverly P. Gearhiser, of Pullman was identified as a woman killed in a two-vehicle collision on Highway 270 in Pullman Tuesday afternoon.
According to the Washington State Police, the wreck was reported at around 3 p.m. December 3 on State Route 270 at Airport Road.
A preliminary investigation indicated that Gearhiser turned from Garrison Road west onto the highway when a 34-year-old Red Rock woman driving east in an SUV struck her car.
Gearhiser died at the scene. Her passenger, an 84-year-old Pullman man, and the SUV driver
were uninjured.
Troopers said Gearhiser failed to yield, causing the crash.
An investigation is ongoing.
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Pullman, WA. – At least one person was killed in a car crash that occurred on Tuesday afternoon in Pullman.
According to the Washington State Patrol, the fatal crash happened on Highway 270 at Airport Road at around 3 p.m.
Two vehicles were involved in the collision, but the events leading up to the accident were not immediately determined.
An elderly woman driving one of the cars was killed in the afternoon collision.
The driver and passenger in the other car were not injured.
More details about the accident were not released.
WSDOT also responded to the scene and set up a detour onto Airport Road.
An investigation into the accident is ongoing.