Fatal Accident Causes Hazerdous Material Leak

A Washington woman was killed when her vehicle crashed into power poles, spilling over 50 gallons of oil containing PCB’s Wednesday near Wapato.

Angela M. Bueno, 43, of Wapato, was driving southbound on Campbell road when she rain into two power poles supporting two large regulators that then fell onto the car and burned, according to the Washington State Patrol. Bueno was killed in the accident.

One of the regulators contained cooking oil containing hazardous PCB’s and leaked over 50 gallons of it.

Pacific Power cleaned and decontaminated the spill, which cut off electricity service to around 700 customers for six hours.

The accident is being investigated. It is unknown what caused the collision.