In brief: Wrong-way crash kills driver on I-90

HYAK, Wash. – The Washington State Patrol said a driver going the wrong way on Interstate 90 was killed in a crash that also injured two people in the other car.

It happened near Snoqualmie Pass at about 4 a.m. Sunday. Troopers said a 23-year-old man was driving a Ford Fiesta eastbound in the westbound lanes when he crashed into a GMC Suburban sport-utility vehicle towing a boat trailer.

The two people in the Suburban, a 50-year-old man and a 69-year-old woman, were injured and taken to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle.

Investigators said they don’t know if drugs or alcohol played a role. The highway was closed for more than four hours before the crash was cleared.

15-year-old boy dies in Montana shooting

BILLINGS – Billings police said a 15-year-old boy has died in an early morning shooting Sunday.

The shooting was reported about 2:30 a.m.

The Billings Gazette reported that police found the victim with a gunshot wound.

Police Lt. Jeremy House said the victim was transported to St. Vincent Healthcare by ambulance, where he was pronounced dead a short time later.

One other person located at the scene was being questioned by police.

The shooting remains under investigation.

Woman sky-dives for 80th birthday

KENNEWICK – A Kennewick woman celebrated her 80th birthday with a 12,500-foot sky dive.

The Tri-City Herald reported that Marian Roberts jumped out of a plane operated by West Plains Skydiving in Ritzville on Saturday. She had her 30-year-old granddaughter, Jen Roberts, with her, and that made the jump even more fun than her prior sky-diving experience 20 years ago.

Jen Roberts said her grandmother is a bit of an adrenaline junkie. She rode dirt bikes and parasailed into her 50s and 60s.

The birthday girl told the sky-dive instructors she wanted the jump to last as long as possible, and they obliged, allowing her to glide and move around in circles before landing safely.

Marian Roberts said afterward, “Everyone should try it.”