Man dies from injuries in Stevens County crash last week

STEVENS COUNTY, Wash. -- A Kettle Falls man seriously injured in a crash south of Chewelah last week has died, according to Washington State Patrol.

The crash happened Friday, August 2 around 3:45 p.m. on SR-395 near Bakie Road about seven miles south of Chewelah.

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WSP says 51-year-old Martin Drake was not wearing a seatbelt when he crossed the center line and hit a southbound vehicle. Drake was taken to the hospital where he later died.

The two people in the southbound vehicle, an adult and 9-year-old boy, were uninjured.

WSP says the cause of the crash is still under investigation.

This is the second fatal crash on SR-395 near Bakie in the past month. A 6-month-old girl was killed when the vehicle she was in was rear-ended.

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