Whitman County, WA : Four people injured after three vehicle wreck on SR195 in Rosalia on Saturday afternoon, March 21, 2015

Four people were injured Saturday near Rosalia, Washington, when a car being towed on a trailer broke loose and smashed into an oncoming vehicle, which then was struck by another car.

The collisions happened about 5:30 p.m. on U.S. Highway 195 a mile north of Rosalia, the Washington State Patrol said.

The Chevrolet pickup truck hauling the trailer and car was driven by Timofey S. Zhelez, 23, of Spokane. Zhelez was not injured.

The car that came off the trailer hit a Subaru Outback driven by John A. Richter, 66, of Dayton, Washington. He and a passenger, Kirsten Dorene Sinkbeil, 29, of Kennewick, both were injured and taken to Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane.

Richter’s car then was struck by a Subaru Tribeca driven by Suzanne Wayman, 45, of Pullman. Wayman and a passenger, 11-year-old Amelia Wayman, were both injured and taken to Sacred Heart.

The southbound lanes of the highway were blocked until about 10 p.m.

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In brief: Four injured in car-trailer crash near Rosalia