Crime & Safety

Issaquah Man Faces Vehicular Homicide Charge After I-5 Crash

The collision happened on Wednesday night in Tacoma. A 29-year-old man was killed.

ISSAQUAH, WA — A 41-year-old man from Issaquah was arrested for vehicular homicide this week after a deadly crash along I-5 in Pierce County.

The crash happened around 9 p.m. on Wednesday along the SR 16 exit to southbound I-5, according to Washington State Patrol. Kevin Sieler, of Issaquah, was driving ahead of Ryan M. Hevelone, 29, of Lakewood. Hevelone hit the back end of Sieler's car, causing Hevelone's car to flip over.

Hevelone's car landed on the adjacent Tacoma Mall Boulevard. WSP said that speed was a factor in the collision. The Tacoma News Tribune reported that the two men knew each other from work.

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Sieler was still being held in the Pierce County Jail as of Friday morning, according to jail records.

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