Two dead, five injured in collision near George

GEORGE – A collision involving a passenger car occupied by two people and a pickup truck carrying five people left two people dead Tuesday morning near George.

The Grant County Sheriff’s Office said the passenger car’s two occupants died at the scene. The collision occurred on Adams Road South, about one-quarter mile south of South Frontage Road.

The five people injured in the pickup truck were transported to hospitals in Ephrata and Moses Lake.

A tractor trailer avoided being involved in the collision by driving into a ditch. The driver of the semi was not injured.

The cause of the fatal collision is under investigation.

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