US 97 closed near Chelan after deadly head-on crash prompts detour

US 97 closed near Chelan after deadly head-on crash prompts detour

UPDATE: October 21 at 5:00 p.m. One person was killed in the crash. Traffic is being diverted onto SR 150 to 97A around the incident. CHELAN, Wash. – US 97 is currently closed between Beebe Bridge and Hugo Road, approximately three miles east of Chelan, due to a two-car head-on crash near the SR 150

Head-on crash kills Bridgeport motorist near Beebe Bridge

CHELAN COUNTY — A Bridgeport woman is dead following a two-car head-on accident Tuesday afternoon on Highway 97, about a mile north of the Beebe Bridge.

Bridgeport Woman Killed, East Wenatchee Man Injured in Head-On Crash on SR 97

CHELAN — A fatal crash on State Route 97 Tuesday afternoon near Chelan claimed the life of a Bridgeport woman and left an East Wenatchee man hospitalized, according to the Washington State Patrol.