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Driver causes 3-car pileup on Highway 395

An inattentive driver is being blamed for causing a three-vehicle pileup on Highway 395 on Tuesday.

Tracy C. Miller, 39, of Kennewick, was switching lanes on the highway just south of Highway 240 at 4:50 p.m.

She didn’t notice traffic was slowing, according to the Washington State Patrol.

Her Dodge van rear-ended a Toyota Camry and pushed it into a pickup, the state patrol said.

Miller and the pickup’s driver, Blane E. Elvbakken, 57, of Kennewick, were not injured.

The Camry’s driver, Nawal Ahmed-Mohammed, 25, of Kennewick, was treated at Trios Southridge Hospital and released.

The state patrol cited Miller for unsafely changing lanes.

Cameron Probert: 509-582-1402, @cameroncprobert

This story was originally published January 24, 2018 at 12:48 PM with the headline "Driver causes 3-car pileup on Highway 395."

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