Vehicle rollovers send two drivers to hospital

Two single-vehicle rollover crashes late Monday and early Tuesday sent three people to the hospital with injuries. Brandon Michael Morris, 23, of Colbert, was driving on State Route 904 west of Cheney just after 9 p.m. when his car left the road near milepost 3, hit a rock wall and rolled back into the westbound lane. He was airlifted to Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center with injuries and is currently in critical condition. Washington State Patrol investigators said the collision was caused by speed. It’s unknown if drugs or alcohol were involved. Morris was not wearing a seat belt, the WSP said. A second rollover occurred around 5 a.m. on Interstate 90, 16 miles west of Ritzville. The driver, Michael Gerlach of Rapid City, South Dakota, over-corrected after his vehicle drifted into the inside shoulder. The car rolled twice. Gerlach, 26, and his passenger, 24-year-old Shanon Hedel-Ostrowski of Box Elder, South Dakota, were injured and transported to Ritzville Hospital. Gerlach was wearing a seat belt; Hedel-Ostrowski was not, a news release said.