Mattawa taco truck mystery crash

A Grant County Sheriff's deputy encountered the aftermath of a traffic accident at State Highway 24 and Road 24 SW on June 8 sometime at night.

But, for now, it's an unsolved mystery. The owner of the 1989 white GMC taco truck says he doesn't know what the truck was doing there, and the lone eyewitness saw only the wreckage afterward.

After a report, at approximately 10 p.m., of an abandoned traffic accident at the site, the un-named deputy went to the scene. He found the taco truck lying on the driver's side on the south side of Road 24 SW.

"I could see from the visible tire skid marks that the vehicle had been traveling eastbound on Road 24 SW," the deputy reported. "The vehicle appeared to have entered into a sharp corner and lost control, causing the vehicle to go into a sideways slide. The vehicle then went into the ditch and rolled approximately one and a half times."

The owner of the truck, Jonathan Correa Hernandez Nunez, 25, of Mattawa, who had arrived prior to the deputy, told the deputy he had not driven the truck and that he did not who had taken it. However, Correa Hernandez Nunez appeared to leak a tip.

The deputy reported: "I was advised by Officer Jordan Miers of the Mattawa Police Department, (who responded to the scene prior to my arrival) that Mr. Hernandez Nunez exclaimed to him, 'man, she must have been going fast.' When asked about who 'she,' was, Mr. Hernandez Nunez claimed to not know what he was talking about."

The deputy also questioned Correa Hernandez Nunez about the reference to "she." He told the deputy he needed to revise his statement.

The deputy reported that Correa Hernandez Nunez then said he had a female working for him but that she could not have driven the truck.

"I asked Mr. Hernandez Nunez for the worker's name," the deputy reported. "Mr. Hernandez Nunez advised he did not know what her name was. I was not able to prove who was, in fact, driving the vehicle, but I do believe that Mr. Hernandez Nunez was not being forthcoming with me."

The deputy completed a Washington State Police Traffic Collision Report. The damage met the threshold, and the collision took place on a public roadway.

The deputy provided Corrrea Hernandez Nunez a business card with the case report number written on it.

The vehicle was removed by Davis Towing of Schawana, and the deputy cleared the scene at about 1:10 a.m.