RITZVILLE — Two girls from Prosser High School were killed and seven people were injured Monday when a van rolled on icy U.S. Highway 395 just south of Ritzville, the Washington State Patrol said.
Two vans carrying high school students were headed to Eastern Washington University in Cheney when the accident occurred about 9 a.m., the State Patrol said.
Only one of the vans crashed, killing Corinne J. Baradessono, 15, and Belen Campos, 14.
Tacoma
Dome naming questioned: Bill Evans, who is one of the seven Tacoma City Council members who signed on as a sponsor of a proposal to rename the Tacoma Dome the Comcast Dome, said he’s is starting to wonder if it’s really such a good deal for the city. With the council set to vote today on a 10-year Dome naming rights contract worth up to $7 million, Evans told The News Tribune of Tacoma that he has some reservations about details of the deal. Evans asks if the city is getting enough money for selling the name of its most visible landmark that stands next to Interstate 5. Postponing the vote would probably bump the issue into 2004, when three new council members take office.
Lakewood
Bus kills teen: A school bus struck and killed a 13-year-old boy about 7:30 a.m. in Lakewood, south of Tacoma, Monday. The boy was hit as the bus was turning a corner. A seventh-grader at Mann Junior High School, he was killed instantly, Pierce County sheriff’s spokesman Ed Troyer said. Witnesses told investigators the teen was wearing headphones at the time of the accident and may not have heard the bus.
British Columbia
Pig farmer faces new charges: Prosecutors in British Columbia announced Monday that Robert Pickton will face seven new first-degree murder charges. The former pig farmer has already been charged with 15 murder counts in a case involving dozens of women missing from Vancouver’s drug-infested downtown eastside. Crown prosecutor Mike Petrie told the provincial Supreme Court the formal indictment for the new charges has not yet been filed. "The Crown will proceed with a 22-count indictment," he said. If convicted, Pickton would be the most notorious serial killer in Canadian history.
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