Hillsboro Woman Injured In Washington Crash: Sheriff

CLARK COUNTY, WA — A group of four people appear to have been coming back from the Larch Mountain area in Clark County, Washington, Saturday night when the driver blew a stop sign at a T-intersection and crashed into a tree. Two people were killed in the crash and two others were injured, including Hillsboro resident Lindsay Winter.

Winter, 33, reportedly sustained significant, life-threatening injuries. She remains in hospital in critical condition, according to Clark County Sheriff's Office Traffic Unit spokesman Sgt. Alex Schoening.

Clark County deputies were dispatched to the single vehicle wreck at Northeast 182nd Avenue and Northeast 139th Street just before 11:30 p.m. Oct. 6. The witness who called 911 also reported the car involved was on fire and that multiple people were either still in or laying around the car.

When deputies and firefighters arrived on scene, they found a 2008 Toyota Scion XB fully engulfed in flames. The vehicle's registered owner, 19-year-old Isabella P. Huyck of Tumwater, Washington, was reportedly still inside.

Outside the vehicle emergency responders found Vancouver, Washington, residents Aaron T. Jones, 34, and Derek P. Martin, 24, along with Winter. Martin was reportedly the only conscious person involved in the crash, having sustained only a minor injury, police said. Jones and Winter, who were unresponsive, were reportedly pulled from the vehicle by passersby before police arrived.

Jones, the driver of the vehicle, was pronounced deceased at the scene. Winter and Martin were taken to hospital.

The investigation so far has reportedly found Jones was driving the Toyota west on Northeast 139th Street, away from Larch Mountain, when he blew through a stop sign at the T-intersection and collided with a tree at considerable speed — estimated around the posted limit of 50 mph. After the crash, the Toyota burst into flames.

While investigators are confident excessive speed was a factor in the crash, other factors, such as impairment, remain under investigation. Schoening on Monday told Patch that nothing at the scene immediately pointed at impairment as a factor, but he added toxicology results were pending.

A GoFundMe campaign raising money for funeral expenses was created on behalf of Jones' family. In one day, the campaign has raised $500 of its $8,000 goal.

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