UPDATE: State patrol names victims in Interstate 82 crash near Benton City

Two Pasco women died and a Grandview woman was injured Sunday morning in a three-car wreck that closed Interstate 82 for several hours.

The Washington State Patrol identified the victims of the crash near Benton City as Mariah M. Loera, 20, and her passenger, Flora E. Leal, 22.

The injured woman, who was in a separate car, was Carigan A. Soria, 21, of Grandview.

The crash was reported at about 6 a.m. on eastbound I-82, but it closed all lanes in both directions. The freeway did not fully reopen until about 9 a.m.

According to the state patrol, the incident started when Loera, heading east on I-82, left the road in her 1997 Nissan Pathfinder and then overcorrected.

The correction sent her SUV rolling. It came to a stop in the right lane of the freeway, the state patrol said.

Leal was partially tossed from the SUV.

Daniel Lopez was driving his Honda Accord east on the freeway and didn’t avoid the SUV in time. The 47-year-old Prosser man crashed into it, the state patrol said.

Loera left her SUV to check on Lopez, whose car ended up on the right shoulder.

As she did, a third car, driven by Christopher A. Fleming of Grandview, hit Loera’s SUV, the state patrol said.

The 45-year-old man’s car also hit Loera. She died at the scene, the state patrol said.

Fleming’s car then hit the rear of Lopez’s Accord and came to a rest.

Leal was transported to Kadlec Regional Medical Center in Richland, where she died.

Soria, a passenger in Fleming’s car, also was transported to Kadlec with unknown injuries.

Neither of the other drivers was injured.

The state patrol said everyone was wearing seatbelts.

This story was originally published October 29, 2017 at 11:31 AM with the headline "UPDATE: State patrol names victims in Interstate 82 crash near Benton City."