Fatal Crash Blocking Major Roadway Near Puyallup

FIFE, WA - A fatal crash in Fife may impact traffic in the Puyallup and Sumner areas this afternoon.

Around 2 p.m. Monday, Fife police reported a fatal accident along 70th Avenue East. The crash is blocking a stretch of road between Valley Avenue East and 26th Street East.

Fife police reported that "traffic will be severely impacted for next several hours."

Fife police reported that a speeding - and possibly impaired - driver plowed into the back of a car after changing lanes, which caused a chain reaction crash. The driver of the first vehicle that was hit died in the accident. The driver of the second vehicle that was hit suffered injuries.

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