Gale Easterday Killed, Benjamin Garfias Survives Wrong-Way Crash on 182 Freeway [Pasco, WA]

Gale Easterday Killed, Benjamin Garfias Involved in Wrong-Way Accident on 182 Freeway Near North 4th Avenue

 
PASCO, WA (December 15, 2020)—A Kennewick man died Thursday in a wrong-way collision on the 182 Freeway near North 4th Avenue.
 
According to the Washington State Patrol, 79-year-old Gale A. Easterday crashed his pickup truck head-on with a semi-truck and trailer around 3:30 p.m. Reports noted that he had been spearheading Easterday Farms for more than 40 years, a well-known and longtime farming company in Franklin County.
 
Inferring from interviews and investigations, police determined that Easterday slammed into the eastbound big rig while heading westbound in the eastbound lanes.
 
At some point during the accident, 51-year-old Benjamin T. Garfias, of Kennewick, swerved yet struck another pickup with his big rig before careering across the freeway’s median and into the westbound lanes. There, debris purportedly struck other westbound cars.
 
As a result of the accident, crews closed all lanes due to clean up and the investigation.

During this time, we would like to express our caring thoughts to the family and friends of Gale A. Easterday.

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