A semi-truck collided head-on with a passenger vehicle last Friday evening near the Adamana exit on Interstate 40 east of Holbrook, claiming the lives of two people.
According to the Arizona Department of Public Safety, at approximately 7:13 p.m. on Friday, April 22, a semi-truck going east on I-40 crossed over the median into westbound traffic and struck a Hummer H3 head-on.
Hummer passengers Archie Yonnie, 52, of Rock Springs, N.M., and Britany Begay, 11, of Ganado were pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the vehicle, Kimberly Lano, 33, of Ganado, and passengers Ashley Begay, 14, Tyvernon Begay, 13, and Adalyn Yonnie, 4, were transported to Flagstaff Medical Center for treatment of serious injuries.
The driver of the semi-truck, Parminder Singh, 28, of Rohnart, Calif., and his co-driver Jasbir Singh, 31, of Stockton, Calif., were not injured.
The cause of the accident remains under investigation.
Emergency personnel responding to the scene of the crash included Holbrook EMS, the Arizona Highway Patrol, Navajo County Sheriff’s Office, Holbrook Police Department, Puerco Valley Fire Department, Holbrook and Sun Valley volunteer fire departments, Guardian Air, Air Evac, Native Air and National Park rangers.
