Crime & Safety
New Orleans Man Killed In Wrong-Way I-5 Crash
The 28-year-old man was driving northbound in the southbound lanes near Lacey early Sunday morning.
LACEY, WA - A 28-year-old man from New Orleans died early Sunday morning after a wrong-way crash along I-5.
Courtney J. Brown was driving northbound in the southbound lanes around 4:45 a.m. Sunday near Carpenter Road. Brown drove his 2018 Chevrolet Malibu head-on into a Toyota 4Runner SUV being driven by a 16-year-old girl from Chehalis.
The 16-year-old was taken to St. Peter Hospital in Olympia for treatment, but Brown was pronounced dead at the scene, according to Washington State Patrol.
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An investigation into the crash blocked southbound lanes for more than four hours Sunday morning.
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