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Car Crash Intersection O Washington in intersection o, Washington: A one-vehicle rollover wreck on State Route 17 about six miles southeast of Ephrata injured five people early Wednesday morning, July 1, 2026. The Washington State Patrol reported that driver Ramiro Gomez Gonzalez, 51, of Moses Lake, was driving north in a 2005 Chevrolet Uplander SUV when it experienced an unspecified mechanical problem near the intersection of Neppel Road NE. Gonzalez and four passengers sustained unspecified injuries, and one passenger, 44-year-old Leticia Pimentel, was airlifted to Central Washington Hospital in Wenatchee. Gonzalez faces charges of driving without a license and no proof of vehicle liability insurance.