Woodinville man seriously injured near Ellensburg


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ELLENSBURG, Wash. - A 25-year-old Woodinville man was seriously injured after the truck he was in rolled off a cliff near Ellensburg Saturday afternoon.

Authorities believe alcohol was a factor in the accident, which took place on a rock slide outside the Manastash Campground in Shoestring Ridge.

The passenger, Mark Olliver, remained in serious condition at Seattle's Harborview Medical Center late this morning, hospital officials said.

Authorities have yet to identify the driver, who they say boasted that he could go down the steep rock slide and then climb back up, according to the news release from Kittitas County Sheriff's Office.

Right after starting down, the front end of the truck caught a rock, wheeling it some 400 feet down the cliff before it came to rest on its side. A Snohomish County Sheriff's Office rescue helicopter airlifted Olliver to Harborview.

The case remains under investigation.

The Kittitas County Sheriff's Search and Rescue Unit, Kittitas Valley Fire and Rescue, Department of Emergency Management and U.S. Forest Service also assisted.

- Melissa Sánchez

 



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Posted by Nick at 08/09/09 02:59PM        Post ID#: #9321

They should send him a BIG FAT BILL for all this expense due to his complete stupidity.

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Posted by tylerdurden89 at 08/17/09 08:08PM        Post ID#: #10060

Wow, that's not a very nice thing to say, Nick. If you're referring to the passenger, Marc, who was seriously injured, you would probably agree with me that he was just in the wrong place at the wrong time. How was he supposed to control what happened when his friend was driving?

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