A three-vehicle crash on Highway 99 sent five people to local hospitals Saturday afternoon.
The crash occurred at about 4:30 p.m., just south of Northeast 63rd Street.
The driver of a full-size white truck heading south on Highway 99 rear-ended a stopped car waiting to turn left, said Sgt. Tony Barnes with the Clark County Sheriff’s Office. The truck continued moving, crossed into the northbound lane and crashed nearly head-on into a car traveling north on the highway, he said.
The four people in the northbound vehicle — two adults and two children — were transported by ambulance to PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center with serious injuries, said Fire District 6 spokeswoman Dawn Johnson.
The driver of the pickup was transported to Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center.
He will be charged with vehicular assault, Barnes said, as alcohol may be a factor in the crash.
The names and ages of all the people involved in the crash weren’t immediately available. Barnes said, though, that all drivers and passengers were wearing seatbelts.
