GEORGE, Wash. — A woman from Quincy lost control of her car while driving in a remote part of Grant County on Wednesday night and died at the scene from her injuries.
According to the Grant County Sheriff’s Office, the woman was driving on S Frontage Rd W around 11:20 p.m. on October 12, 2022. She was heading eastbound on the road in her 2009 Pontiac when she veered off the pavement onto the shoulder.
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That’s when the Quincy woman overcorrected her turn and caused the car to spin back onto S Frontage Rd, colliding with a barbed wire fence and rolling over several times across eastbound lanes of I-90.
Officials say that the vehicle came to a rest between mileposts 145 and 146 on I-90’s median cable barrier. The woman was not wearing her seat belt and was thrown from the car. Medics rushed to the scene, where she was pronounced dead.
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Her identity is being withheld until an autopsy is completed and her next of kin are properly notified. Grant County Coroner Craig Morrison plans to conduct the autopsy in the coming days.
An investigation by the Grant County Sheriff’s Motor Traffic Unit was launched and is currently underway.
This is a breaking news story. An update and/or follow-up may be issued if further details are revealed.
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