One killed, one injured in crash near Seven Mile Road

An Airway Heights man was killed and another man from Nine Mile Falls was injured when the car they were in crashed into a tree Sunday night in northwest Spokane, the Washington State Patrol reported.

The two men, ages 26 and 27, were traveling north on state Route 291 near Seven Mile Road at about 11:45 p.m. The state patrol said the car was traveling at a high rate of speed when the driver lost control at a curve, went off the road and struck a tree.

Both occupants of the vehicle were wearing their seat belts but were thrown from the vehicle, a 2017 Dodge Charger, WSP said.

The injured man was taken to Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center.

WSP has not released the name of the man who was killed.

The state patrol said excessive speed was the cause of the crash.