Kennewick woman suspected of vehicular homicide after 2 motorcycle drivers die
Two people are dead after a Kennewick woman hit three motorcycles in Yakima County.
Beth A. Striver, 24, is being held in the Yakima County Jail on suspicion of vehicular assault and vehicular homicide.
She was driving northbound on State Route 821 north of Yakima in a 2010 Ford Escape around 11 a.m. on Friday, according to the Washington State Patrol.
Striver was near Milepost 2, north of Selah near the Sundown M Ranch Rehabilitation Center, when she allegedly turned left across traffic, hitting a group of three motorcycles traveling southbound.
Rodney M. Ahrens, 69, of Issaquah, died at Yakima Memorial Hospital from injuries in the crash, the WSP said Friday evening.
Shortly before midnight WSP said a second motorcycle driver, Randy C. Agnew, 75, of Issaquah had died after being flown to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle,
The driver of the third motorcycle, Steven Moeller, 68, and his passenger, Drusilla Moeller, 61, were injured and taken to Yakima Memorial Hospital. Both are from Renton.
All four of those on motorcycles were wearing helmets.
Drugs or alcohol are believed to have been involved in the wreck, according to the WSP crash report.
Charges against Striver are pending. She was not injured in the wreck and was booked into the Yakima County Jail. Bail has not yet been set.
This story was originally published June 21, 2024 at 10:27 PM.
