GRANT COUNTY, Wash. (19MAY2015) - A Grant County Sheriff’s Deputy was injured this afternoon in a two vehicle collision in south central Grant County.
Around 1 p.m., Deputy Allan Sleeper, 61, was driving as 2013 Dodge Charger patrol car. Ronald A. Davis of Pasco was driving a 2008 Ford pickup. Both vehicles were westbound on State Route 262 East with Davis in the lead. Deputy Sleeper, enroute to a 9-1-1 hangup call in the Mattawa area, attempted to pass Davis on the left. Davis attempted to turn left into a driveway at 3961 SR 262. Both vehicles collided. Sleeper’s patrol car then traveled into an apple orchard where it struck several trees.
Deputy Sleeper suffered non-life-threatening injuries and was taken by ambulance to Samaritan Hospital in Moses Lake. Davis was not injured. Sleeper’s patrol car was totaled; Davis’ truck was towed from the scene.
As with any collision involving a GCSO vehicle, the Washington State Patrol is conducting the investigation into the crash.
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