One killed, one injured in car crash out of Colfax

One of two 19-year-olds died in a single-vehicle accident Sunday in the outskirts of Colfax, Wash.

The Whitman County Sheriff’s Office reported Taylor J. Martin, of Lacrosse, Wash., lost control of a 1988 GMC Suburban, veering off the road and onto a steep hill. The vehicle rolled several times, killing Martin’s passenger, Amanda Drewer of Endicott, Wash.

The accident occurred on private property approximately five miles southwest of Lacrosse. The Sheriff’s Office reported Martin and Drewer were believed to have been hunting in the area.

Drewer was pronounced dead at the scene.

Martin sustained several injuries including a possible broken neck, according to the sheriff’s office. He was transported by ambulance to Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane, where he was listed in satisfactory condition.

The Sheriff’s Office reported neither the driver nor the passenger was wearing a seat belt at the time of the accident, and alcohol might have been a contributing factor.

The investigation is ongoing.