KOMO 4 News has learned that a high-ranking Microsoft employee was one of the people killed Wednesday in a fiery crash on Highway 522 near Monroe. State troopers say Heikki Kanerva was trying to pass another car in his Porsche when he sped into the opposite lane and hit a motorhome head on. Both vehicles erupted into flames and were burned practically beyond recognition. The crash killed both the driver of the motorhome, 34-year-old Stacy Yager, and Kanerva. Kanerva was director of Microsoft's Office software division.
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