Three people have injuries following a two-vehicle accident near Blewett Pass on Friday afternoon.

The Washington State Patrol says it happened at around 2:45 p.m. on U.S. Highway 97 about 12 miles south of Peshastin when an SUV driven by 60-year-old Ramiro Sanchez-Montes of Wenatchee crossed the center line and stuck on oncoming semi truck head-on.

Sanches-Montes and both passengers in his vehicle, 52-year-old Maria I. Sanchez-Romero and a 13-year-old girl, were all injured in the collision and each was transported to Confluence Health Hospital in Wenatchee for treatment.

The driver of the semi, 35-year-old Alexandr Vazdautan of Orlando, Fla. was not injured in the crash, which blocked both lanes of the highway for nearly four hours, snarling late-week traffic and forcing motorists to

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