Three-car crash south of Colfax sends victim to Seattle Hospital

A Prosser man sustained life threatening injuries in a three-car collision south of Colfax Tuesday morning.

Christopher Beaver, 29, Prosser, was flown by Life Flight helicopter to St. Joseph Medical Center in Lewiston and then flown to Harbor View Medical Center in Seattle Tuesday night.

Beaver, who sustained head injuries, had to be extricated from his Saturn.

The mid-morning accident backed up SR 195 traffic for miles in either direction. Drivers of two other cars left the scene with minor injuries.

“It was a very serious collision,” said Washington State Patrol Trooper Rob Aucutt said.

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