Three Othello residents killed in vehicle crashes

OTHELLO – Three local residents were killed in crashes in Grant County late last week.

Deena Romero Ramos, 19, was killed in a crash early Saturday morning on Road 9-Northeast near Moses Lake, the Grant County Sheriff’s Office reported. And Perfecto Rojas Meija, 45 and Romeo Velasquez Diaz, 58, were both killed on Road E-Southeast when their vehicle was hit by a flatbed truck Thursday.

In the Saturday crash, Ramos was in her 2009 Toyota Corolla when she failed to negotiate a curve in a gravel driveway and her car went airborne, a report said.

The front end of the car hit the ground and the Cor...