A 76-year-old Lewiston man died and a woman was injured Saturday in a one-vehicle car accident on U.S. Highway 195 in Whitman County.
The Washington State Patrol says Marion Kirk died at the scene of the accident south of Rosalia. His wife, Mary Kirk, 71, was driving southbound when her 1998 Pontiac Bonneville drifted over the centerline, across the northbound lane, leaving the roadway, and going into a field. The car rolled several times, coming to rest approximately 200 feet off the roadway.
Mary Kirk was taken to Whitman Community Hospital at Colfax with injuries. Marion Kirk was not wearing a seat belt.
Authorities say inattentive driving was the cause of the accident.