A Toyota Avalon rests under the front end a Freightliner truck New Year's Eve, Dec. 31. Avalon driver Angela Kondratyuk, 28, of Kennewick, died of injuries she sustained in the crash.
FOUR LAKES - A fatal New Year's Eve crash on Friday, Dec. 31, blocked traffic in the high-speed lanes of
Interstate 90
Angela Kondratyuk, 28, of Kennewick, died of injuries she sustained in the crash near Milepost 274, the Washington State Patrol reported.
Kondratyuk lost control of her eastbound 2004 Toyota Avalon and was struck by a 2021 Freightliner truck and trailer, the patrol said, noting the truck was also eastbound. Kondratyuk's car spun 360 degrees and the driver of the truck Shahed Mahmood, 47, of North Port, Fla., was unable to stop in time to avoid a collision, the patrol reported.
The impact left Kondratyuk stuck in her vehicle under the front tire of the tractor-trailer, the patrol reported. The two vehicles continued to slide until coming to a stop in the median. Kondratyuk was taken to Sacred Heart Hospital in Spokane, where she was declared dead, the patrol reported. The hospital notified her next of kin. Mahmood was not injured, the patrol reported.
Neither drugs nor alcohol were a factor of the crash, the patrol said, adding both drivers were wearing seatbelts. Both vehicles suffered damage; however, the 2004 Toyota Avalon was totaled, the patrol reported. The cause of the crash was speed too fast for conditions, the patrol reported.
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