Update 4:00 p.m.

The Grant County Sheriff's Office has updates regarding a DUI collision near Quincy that injured two teenage pedestrians Sunday evening.

According to the Sheriff's Office, at around 6:30 p.m., "Two 13-year-old boys were walking south on the shoulder of the 8500 block of Road T-Northwest when they were struck from behind" by a sedan. The driver has been identified as driven by 25-year-old Rene Dominguez Molina of Quincy.

The vehicle then "left the road and struck the ditch and a mailbox."

"The boys sustained serious but non-life-threatening injuries and were transported to Confluence Health Central Campus in Wenatchee."

"Molina was arrested on suspicion of DUI and two counts of vehicular assault. He was lodged in the Grant County Jail. The Grant County Sheriff’s Motor Traffic Unit is investigating."


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A motorist is in custody after reportedly striking two juvenile pedestrians with his vehicle in unincorporated Quincy Sunday evening.

The Grant County Sheriff's Office says the incident occurred at about 6:30 p.m. in the 8500 block of Road T-Northwest.

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According to Sheriff's Office spokesperson Kyle Foreman, the suspect was likely under the influence.

"A vehicle driven by a suspected drunk driver struck two boys as they walked along the shoulder," Foreman says. "Both of the boys were transported to Confluence Health Center in Wenatchee." The extent of their injuries is unclear at the moment.

The suspect faces DUI and vehicular assault charges.

His first appearance in Grant County Superior Court is scheduled for Monday afternoon at 1:30 p.m.

This is a developing story.

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