Two hurt in van double crash

Two people who were riding in this 1988 Dodge Caravan were taken by ambulance to Whitman Hospital June 7 after the van was hit by two trucks on Highway 195 at the Hume Road intersection six miles north of Colfax.

Rescue crews had to extricate John R. Keefe, 45, Port Ludlow, from the van which he had been driving.

Also taken to the hospital was his son, Sean Keefe, 14.

According to the Washington State Patrol report, John Keefe was driving southbound on Highway 195 in the 1988 Caravan at 3:10 p.m.

when he stopped to make a left turn onto Hume Road.

The back of the van was struck by Charles A. Miller, 75, Spokane.

He was driving a 1998 Dodge pickup southbound behind the Keefes.

The rear-end collision pushed the Caravan into the path of a 1996 Kenworth semi truck which was being driven northbound by Marvin V. Kinzer, 72, Clarkston.

Debris from the second collision was left along the northbound side of the highway until Kinzer was able to bring the semi to a stop north of the Hume Road intersection.

The Keefes were treated at the hospital and allowed release the night of June 7.