ENTIAT — An East Wenatchee woman was in serious condition this morning at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle with a head injury suffered in a four-car accident Thursday.

Donna E. Kain, 61, was in the hospital’s intensive care unit, a hospital spokeswoman said. She was transferred to Harborview from Central Washington Hospital.

Kain was injured in a car accident that sent four other people to Central Washington Hospital, according to a State Patrol report.

The accident happened at 4:50 p.m. Thursday when a Chevrolet Monte Carlo driven southbound by George S. Barnett, 56, of Wenatchee, crossed the centerline of Highway 97A about two miles south of Entiat, the report stated.

The Monte Carlo then struck head-on a northbound Mini Cooper driven by Dane R. Lewman, 31, of Chelan. He was treated at Central Washington Hospital for neck and back pain, then was released.

The Barnett car then struck two other vehicles, both driving northbound on the highway.

One was a Toyota Prius driven by Seth J. Chambers, 21, of East Wenatchee, who suffered neck and back pain. Chambers was in satisfactory condition this morning at Central Washington Hospital.

The other vehicle was a Honda Accord driven by Courtney R. Blanchfield, 20, of Entiat, who was reportedly not injured.

A passenger in the Mini Cooper, Amy A. Hefner, 34, of Wenatchee, was treated at Central Washington Hospital for neck, back and chest pain, then was released.

Kain was a passenger in the Barnett car, troopers said.

Troopers said Barnett refused treatment for a leg injury. Barnett was a Douglas County sheriff’s deputy from 1978 to 2001, according to Sheriff Harvey Gjesdal.

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