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12/23/12 Falling Tree Injures Five Near Leavenworth



State Patrol reports that a fallen tree injured a group of five traveling westbound on highway 2 Saturday.

It happened 22 miles west of Leavenworth shortly before 8p.m.

Troopers say 37-year old Binay Kumar of Seattle was at the wheel when a tree fell onto the hood of his Audi sedan.

Kumar and two of his four passengers were transported to Cascade Hospital in Leavenworth for their injuries.

The other two passengers were taken to Central Washington Hospital.

Their condition is unknown.

On Friday, a falling tree on U.S. Highway 2 hit an SUV, killing two of the six people inside.

 

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