Jose Ortiz and his wife were driving home in Kent from a church event when another vehicle collided with their vehicle at the intersection of 94th Avenue South and South 240th Street.
Ortiz, 55, of Kent, the driver, was killed in the 9:44 p.m. March 28 crash, according to a King County Medical Examiner’s Office April 2 report. He died of multiple blunt force injuries.
His wife, 41, suffered serious injuries and is fighting to recover at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, according to a GoFundMe account set up by Brenda Ortiz, of Kent, a niece of Jose Ortiz. Brenda Ortiz said in the posting that her uncle and his wife were on their way home from a church event…