Two injured in Moses Lake hit-and-run collision Thursday

MOSES LAKE — Two people were transported to Samaritan Hospital after the car they were riding in was hit by a vehicle Thursday evening. That vehicle subsequently fled the scene.

Amelia Montes, 24, Othello, was waiting at the red light in the left turn lane at the intersection of state Route 17 and Kittelson Road Northeast when her car was hit in the rear, the WSP memo said. The collision occurred at about 6:30 p.m. Thursday.

A press memo from the Washington State Patrol said the car that left the scene was found abandoned in Moses Lake.

The driver of that car fled the scene and has not been identified, according to the WSP memo. The Montes vehicle came to rest in the intersection of SR-17 and Kittelson Road Northeast.

Betsua Montes, 20, Othello, and Rafael Montes Sandoval, 57, Othello, were transported to Samaritan. A 19-month-old child in the Montes vehicle was not injured, but was transported to the hospital in a private vehicle as a precaution.

The collision is still under investigation.