Rollover crash injures two

A man was critically injured Saturday morning in a rollover crash caused by a tire malfunction in southern Adams County, the Washington State Patrol reported.

Marcelino Ruiz, 56, was a passenger in a 1983 Ford pickup on U.S. Highway 395 when a rear tire tread separated from the tire at about 6:45 a.m., the WSP said. The northbound truck swerved and rolled into the southbound lane a few miles north of state Highway 26.

Ruiz, who lives in Walla Walla, was flown to Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane where he was listed in critical condition Saturday evening.

The pickup was driven by Tomas Solis Luna, 32, of Milton-Freewater, Ore., the WSP said. He was not injured.

Another passenger, Domingo Martinez, 49, of College Place, Wash, was injured and taken to East Adams Rural Hospital in Ritzville, WSP said. A nurse declined to give his condition Saturday evening.