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One dead in crash on Highway 290 near Newman Lake

Highway 290 at McKinzie Road is closed approximately one mile east of Harvard Road in Otis Orchards.
Photo courtesy of Trooper J. Sevigney

SPOKANE COUNTY, Wash. -- One person died in a crash involving a dump truck and passenger car near Newman Lake Wednesday morning.

A 16-year-old girl was driving northbound on McKinzie Road at a stop sign at Highway 290 around 7:00 a.m. A dump truck driver was headed eastbound on Highway 290. Officials said the 16-year-old failed to yield and pulled into the truck driver's path. The two vehicle collided at the intersection.

The 16-year-old girl was pronounced dead at the scene. Her passenger, a 19-year-old woman, was transported by Life Flight to Sacred Heart.

Highway 290 at McKinzie Road reopened around 10:55 a.m. The area is one mile west of Newman Lake.

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