A 94-year-old Pullman woman was hit and killed after she turned onto State Route 270 Tuesday 7 miles east of Pullman. Beverly P. Gearhiser turned from Garrison Road west onto the highway when a 34-year-old Red Rock, Arizona, woman driving east in an SUV struck Gearhiser at 3 p.m., according to a Washington State Patrol news release.

The Washington State Patrol (WSP) has identified the cause of a car crash and the person who died in the incident Tuesday on Highway 270.

PULLMAN, Wash. — Washington State Patrol (WSP) is responding to a deadly two-car crash near Pullman. WSP said the crash happened on Highway 270 at Airport Road, seven miles east of Pullman. According to WSP, the crash was initially reported as a serious injury collision, but it was later changed to a fatal crash.

The crash occurred around 3 p.m. Tuesday near Airport Road on SR 270 near the Idaho border, according to a Washington State Patrol news release

At least one person died in a multiple-vehicle crash Tuesday on state Route 270, 7 miles east of Pullman, according to the Washington State Patrol. Westbound traffic was blocked, and one eastbound lane was open, WSP said on X. The highway was expected to be closed for several hours.

PULLMAN — A fatal collision east of Pullman has fully blocked traffic on the Moscow-Pullman Highway. The three-vehicle collision occurred around 3 p.m. Tuesday near Airport Road, according to a news release by the Washington State Patrol.

A person is dead after a two-car crash on Highway 270 near Pullman. According to WSP, the crashes occurred on Highway 270 at Airport Road, about seven miles east of Pullman, at around 3 p.m. Tuesday.