Crime & Safety
Wrong-Way Crash On SR 18 Leaves 3 Injured
A 23-year-old Puyallup man was traveling the wrong way on westbound SR 18 early Monday morning and struck three other vehicles.
AUBURN, WA - A collision near the intersection of SR 18 and SR 164 early Monday morning left three people injured and involved four vehicles. The driver was a 23-year-old Puyallup man who was traveling the wrong way on westbound SR 18 and struck three other vehicles. Washington State Patrol reported that drugs or alcohol were involved in the wreck.
Trooper Rick Johnson said the crash was caused by a maroon Subaru traveling the wrong way. SR 18 was closed for five hours with traffic rerouted to SR 164 as police investigated a vehicular assault. Those injured in the crash were transported to local hospitals.
The collision remains under investigation and no charges have yet been filed. (For more local news, click here to sign up for real-time news alerts and newsletters from Renton Patch, click here to find your local Washington Patch. Also, follow us on Facebook, and if you have an iPhone, click here to get the free Patch iPhone app.)
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SR 18 head on collision caused by a wrong way driver in a Maroon Subaru. 6 vehicles involved with one driver suffering serious injury. pic.twitter.com/1D51Sn3Vmb
— Trooper Rick Johnson (@wspd2pio) January 1, 2018
Eastbound SR 18 closed with traffic diverted off at SR 164 for a Vehicular Assault investigation.
— Trooper Rick Johnson (@wspd2pio) January 1, 2018
Image via Trooper Rick Johnson
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