🌱 How a Kittitas Highway crash sent two Ellensburg-area women to Harborview
Ellensburg, Washington Patch AM: a 3 min readGood morning Ellensburg! Your connection to what's happening around town is here. Take a sip of coffee and read on. ☕️️
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- How a Kittitas Highway crash sent two Ellensburg-area women to Harborview
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📰 News we're reading
• Kittitas County deputies investigating crash that hospitalized 2 women (yaktrinews.com) — Two women were seriously hurt when their car was struck on Kittitas Highway near Ellensburg, bringing down power lines and closing nearby roads for several hours. Kittitas County deputies say both women were taken to Harborview in Seattle and are now in stable condition while the crash investigation continues. 
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