Two people die in car wreck near Cle Elum
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Two people were killed this evening in a one-car crash on State Route 10 about 10 miles east of Cle Elum, the Washington State Patrol reports.
Three others were flown to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, Trooper Rich Magnussen said.
A brush fire started by the vehicle was under control by 8:30 p.m., with no structures threatened, Magnussen said.
The crash was reported about 6:15 p.m. in the Bristol Flats section of State Route 10, which parallels Interstate 90 between Cle Elum and Ellensburg.
The cause remained under investigation.
No information was immediately available on the victims.
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