Oroville woman injured in head-on crash airlifted to Wenatchee
Published 8:30 am Wednesday, June 21, 2023
RIVERSIDE — A two-vehicle, head-on collision on SR97 near Riverside resulted in an Oroville woman being airlifted to Wenatchee and shut down the highway for over four hours last Monday.
According to the accident report filed by Washington State Patrol Trooper Hunter Sorensen, a pickup being driven southbound on SR97 on June 19 at 11:20 a.m., turned across the north lane to make a left at Riverside onto Main Street and was struck head-on by a car heading northbound causing the pickup to roll onto the driver’s side. The car came to rest in the northbound lane and the roadway was blocked for about four hours and 15 minutes.
The driver of the 2002 Ford F150 pickup, Jose Cisneros, 38, Chelan, was not injured. Barbara Booker, 71, Oroville, who was driving a 2002 Chevrolet Aveo, was airlifted to Central Washington Hospital in Wenatchee for treatment of her injuries. Neither driver was wearing a seatbelt at the time of the accident, according to Trooper Sorensen’s accident report.
At the time of the report, no charges had been filed against Cisneros and the accident is under investigation by the WSP. Both vehicles were listed as totaled and towed to the WSP’s bullpen as evidence in the investigation.
About Gary DeVon
Gary DeVon is the managing editor of the Okanogan Valley Gazette-Tribune and celebrated his 25th year at the newspaper in August 2012. He graduated from Gonzaga University with a degree in Communications - Print Journalism, with an emphasis in photojournalism. He is a proud alumnus of Oroville High School. His family first settled in Okanogan County in the late 1800s. His parents are Judy DeVon and the late Larry DeVon and he has two younger brothers - Dante and Michael. Many family members still call Oroville home. He has a grown daughter, Segornae Douglas and a young granddaughter, Erin.
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