Associated Press
KITTITAS — Authorities say four people were hospitalized after an armored vehicle went over a 25-foot cliff during a military exercise in central Washington state.
The green and tan 2018 Military Stryker crashed about 4:30 a.m. Saturday on an unnamed dirt road near Kittitas.
The driver, Chance Kennen, 22, of Lecompte, Louisiana, told Washington state troopers he didn’t see the cliff’s edge.
The vehicle’s front-end landed facing the ground and the wheels against the cliff.
Kennen was in “stable” condition at Seattle’s Harborview Medical Center.
The passengers went to Virginia Mason Memorial Hospital, where Aaron Arnold, 35, of Medway, Ohio, was listed in fair condition.
Ricardo Ponce, 27, of Mission Hills, California, and Kristian Allen, 20, of Jensen, Utah, were treated and released.
None were wearing seatbelts.
No citations were issued.
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