From the Yakima Herald-Republic Online News.


Posted on Friday, June 05, 2009

NEW Ellensburg man hospitalized after rolling car on Highway 97


 

ELLENSBURG, Wash.  -- A 62-year-old Ellensburg man remains hospitalized this morning after a rollover accident near Ellensburg.

Randall D. Butts was driving north on Highway 97 about nine miles north of Ellensburg when his 2009 Suburu Outback left the roadway around 4 a.m., according to Washington State Patrol.

The vehicle struck a ditch bank and rolled over before coming to rest on its wheels.

Butts is in stable condition at Kittitas Valley Community Hospital.

His vehicle was destroyed in the accident, which State Patrol continues to investigate.

— Yakima Herald-Republic