Deputy placed on administrative leave

DAVENPORT — A Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office deputy has been placed on administrative leave following an investigation into a high-speed pursuit and crash.

The deputy’s name has yet to be released by the Sheriff’s Office or the Washington State Patrol, which is investigating the incident.

According to the Sheriff’s Office, the deputy was among law enforcement officers involved in a Sept. 4 pursuit of a vehicle with two women that began in the Coulee Dam area.

The pursuit continued through Grand Coulee and onto state Highway 174 at high rate of speed, the office reported. The women in the vehi...