Four people, including an elderly Cle Elum couple, were injured Friday morning in a three-vehicle collision near North Bend that closed I-90 in both directions.

Troopers said the crash occurred around 9:50 a.m. when a westbound SUV driven by 61-year-old Larry J. Schuster of Kennewick attempted to overtake a sedan driven by 80-year-old Carl A. Person of Cle Elum.

Person failed to decelerate and overcorrected, crossing the westbound lanes into eastbound traffic, where it was struck head-on by an eastbound pickup driven by 35-year-old Rashid Baez of Bothell. Both vehicles were totaled.

Carl Person and his 75-year-old passenger, Sue A. Person, were taken to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle with injuries. Rodriguez Baez and his passenger, 34-year-old Maria C. Vargas of Seattle, were tran

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