New WSU graduate from Mukilteo dies in wreck
Published 11:00 pm Thursday, May 21, 2009
A recent graduate of Washington State University whose parents emigrated from Russia more than 20 years ago was killed Wednesday evening in a one-vehicle rollover accident along the Snake River southwest of Pullman.
Tanya Guseva of Mukilteo died at the scene on Almota Ferry Road near Ilia Landing in Garfield County, the Washington State Patrol said.
“She was an absolute delight in every way,” said David Hillestad, a business acquaintance. “She was very smart, friendly.”
Guseva was riding as a passenger when she was thrown from the vehicle in the 5:15 p.m. accident. Troopers said speed and intoxicants were the apparent causes in what has become a vehicular homicide investigation.
Injured were driver James P. Monsey, 23, of Liberty Lake, and Allison L. Beach, 22, of Woodinville.
Monsey was reported in critical condition and Beach in fair condition at St. Joseph Regional Medical Center in Lewiston, Idaho, on Thursday.
Hillestad, the owner of David &Associates Real Estate in Everett, said Guseva had worked in his office in the summer of 2007 and that her mother has been selling real estate through his office for years.
Hillestad identified her parents as Andrey and Irina Guseva. Andrey Guseva is a general contractor and marine engineer.
Tanya Guseva graduated two weeks ago with a bachelor’s degree in communications, Hillestad said, and had been planning to move to Europe to teach English.
State Patrol Sgt. Terry Liebrecht said that blood from the driver is being tested for intoxicants, but he declined to say if there was other evidence of impaired driving.
