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November 10, 2010 in Region
2 hospitalized after icy highway crash
A driver and passenger from Wilbur were airlifted to a Spokane hospital this morning after their Jeep lost control on icy Highway 2.
Jeanne L. Coker, 63, was westbound near milepost 233 in Lincoln County when her 1997 Jeep Cherokee lost control about 9:35 a.m. and rolled several times, according to the Washington State Patrol.
Coker and passenger Claude J. Coker, 66, were taken by MedStar to Providence Scared Heart Medical Center. Jeanne Coker remained in serious condition this evening.
She will be cited for driving too fast for conditions, WSP said.
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jerrysw on November 10 at 12:05 p.m.
I suppose they wouldn’t know that without the citation, money grubbing State Patrol adds insult to injury with a citation. I’m sure they are out enough money already! Wonder what a helicopter ride cost them . . .
spokanecommunistparty on November 10 at 2:01 p.m.
Jeep Cherokee’s are Dangerous, do not buy one!!. “Although SUVs are designed to be driven off the road and roll, very few are equipped with even the most basic of roll bars or other standard safety equipment. Tragically, when making a normal evasive maneuver that cars are able to safely complete every day, rapid-fire corrective action causes SUVs to flip and roll and the results can be disastrous.”
http://www.resource4accidents.com/suv-rollovers#jeepcherokee
Teseract on November 10 at 3:40 p.m.
I know a ride on a NW Medstar chopper for my (then 8) year old daughter cost in the range of $11,800 from the wilds of Whitman county to Sacred Heart. It’s not like NW Medstar turns a profit either, it’s consistently lost money for owner INHS as I recall.
And I doubt the SUV rolled because she swerved… she probably was in 4wd and thought she was invincible, slid into a ditch and rolled it. Pure driver error.
God knows how many 4x4’s I’ve seen sliding around in the winter on mostly bald all season tires with owners inside who thought they didn’t need good tires because that had 4 wheel drive. Toss in people not realizing things like shocks need replaced, which radically affects the handling of any vehicle, and you have a recipe for disaster.
Bruce (aka thatoneguy) on November 10 at 4:29 p.m.
Several winters ago one of the news channels set up a camera crew at the bottom of the Maple St. hill on an icy day and watched the cars sliding down. They interviewed a couple of the unlucky drivers, who thought that 4-wheel drive was going to give them traction on ice. Hoopsy-daisy!
Glad these people weren’t hurt worse than they were.
Bruce (aka thatoneguy) on November 10 at 4:36 p.m.
Oh, and S-R folks, would you mind correcting the spelling error in the headline? It makes it look like these people were taken to the hospitile.