Rollover Crash Kills Yakima-Area Man After Hitting Mailbox
The Yakima County Sheriff's Office continues to investigate a fatal rollover crash.
The male driver veered off the Yakima Valley Highway
Around 11:23 PM on January 3rd, Yakima County Deputies and Yakima Fire and EMS were called to the 1400 block of the highway for a single-vehicle rollover.
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Deputies and EMS found the vehicle upside down in a ditch. Apparently the driver, who was headed south, veered off the road, struck a mailbox, then rolled over, trapping the man inside.
Officials had been alerted by a 911 call, and found the man deceased inside the vehicle. He's now been identified as Juan Geraldo Garcia, from the Yakima area.
No other information has been released.
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