Spokane ,WA :Three women killed in crash on U.S. 195 on Saturday afternoon ,September 5th 2015

Three people were killed Saturday afternoon when a pickup collided with a car attempting to cross U.S. Highway 195 in southwest Spokane.

The incident was the third fatal crash within Spokane city limits in four days.

It happened about 3 p.m. when a PT Cruiser heading east on Thorpe Road was struck by a northbound Dodge pickup as the car attempted to cross the highway, said Washington State Patrol Sgt. Gabe Olson.

State transportation plans have proposed changes at the intersection, but the plan has not been funded.

The WSP determined that the crash was caused by the PT Cruiser failing to yield for the pickup.

There were five Spokane residents in the 2002 PT Cruiser. The three women who died were sitting in the back seat, Olson said.

They were Maquaila L. Stacy, 20; Alaina K. Lawson, 24; and Jewel E. Gilmore, 20.

The driver, Bradley J. Brower, 21, and front passenger Kayden S. Gilmore, 21, who was married to Jewel, were transported to Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center.

Olson said two of the women killed were ejected from the car. The WSP later said in a news release that two of the women who died were not wearing seat belts and that it was unclear if the other woman who died or the men in the front seats were.

Spokane Fire Department Assistant Chief Brian Schaeffer said he believes seat belts could have made a difference.

“I saw the interior of that car,” he said. “There is not a lot of damage compared to other accidents I’ve seen there before.”


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Three women killed in crash on U.S. 195