Spokane man killed in Highway 195 crash

A two-car crash six miles south of Spokane Monday killed a 57-year-old man. Nickolas L. Leitz died when he tried crossing Highway 195 from Mullen Hill Road in a 1995 Subaru and was struck in the southbound lane by a 1998 Dodge pickup towing a flat-bed trailer, according to Washington State Patrol. The pickup’s driver, Wendall K. Antell, 41, was taken to a hospital with minor injures. Leitz was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash, which was reported at 12:14 p.m. The road was partially blocked for about three hours.