REARDAN – One person was killed July 6 when a motorcycle struck a Ford F150 pickup on U.S. Highway 2 east of the city.
Christina J. Gernert, 40, of Post Falls, Idaho, was pronounced dead at the scene. Spokane Fire Department officials notified her next of kin.
She was wearing a helmet at the time of the crash.
According to the Washington State Patrol, she was eastbound on her 2020 Harley-Davidson Flathead motorcycle at 6:50 p.m. at the time of the crash.
She attempted to pass another vehicle and hit the westbound pickup driven by Donald P. Charlton, 70, of Harrah, head-on near Milepost 268, the State Patrol reported. Gernert’s Harley came to rest on the eastbound shoulder, while Charlton’s pickup ended up on the westbound shoulder.
Clare is an Eastern Washington University graduate and a reporter at Free Press Publishing.
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