A crash Wednesday on State Route 24 near Mattawa sends two people to the hospital. Police say Martin Bautista-Escalante of Mattawa crossed into oncoming traffic near the Vernita Bridge and hit a pickup truck head-on. Bautista-Escalante and the pickup driver were uninjured but two passenger in Bautista-Escalante’s car suffered unspecified injuries and were taken to a Richland hospital. Bautista-Escalante was cited for driving too fast for conditions and driving with a suspended license.