Zillah man dies in accident outside Bellingham


Yakima Herald-Republic

 

ZILLAH, Wash. -- A Bellingham, Wash., man is facing a vehicular homicide charge for the death of a Zillah man who died after the pickup he was riding in left the road and struck a tree early Sunday, according to the Washington State Patrol.

Kenneth W. Maden, 57, of Zillah was one of four passengers in the 2005 Dodge Ram driven by 41-year-old Robert A. Milan.

A State Patrol news release said the crash was alcohol-related, and none of the men in the pickup was wearing a seat belt when Milan’s pickup went off the road shortly before 2 a.m. Sunday in the community of Sudden Valley, several miles east of Bellingham.

Milan and the other three passengers were injured and taken to St. Joseph Hospital in Bellingham.



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