Four die, one hurt when car hits elk then veers off I-90

NORTH BEND, Wash. – Four people were killed and a fifth was injured after a car struck an elk on Interstate 90 early Sunday morning.

Eastside Fire and Rescue officials said the car hit the elk on the westbound lanes of I-90 near North Bend around 5 a.m., then went over an embankment and ended up underneath the freeway on a street below.

Three men and a woman, all from Mabton, Wash., were killed. Mabton is near Yakima.

The victims included 26-year-old Jesus P. Reyna, the driver of the car.

Also killed were 19-year-old Enrique Gonzalez-Reyna, 42-year-old Rafael S. Gonzalez and an 18-year-old unidentified woman.

Reynaldo Gonzalez, 20, was injured.

He was ejected from the car and taken to Seattle’s Harborview Medical Center, where he was listed in critical condition.

Washington State Patrol was investigating.