Two people were killed and two seriously injured Thursday night in a five-car accident involving a wrong-way driver on southbound Interstate 5 at South 272nd Street in Federal Way.<\/p>\n
A Federal Way man, 55, and a Seattle woman, age 61, died in the wreck, according to the Washington State Patrol.<\/p>\n
WSP arrested a 51-year-old Puyallup man in connection with the incident. Drugs and alcohol reportedly were a factor, said WSP spokesman Cliff Pratt. The driver was upgraded from serious to satisfactory condition Thursday at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle.<\/p>\n
Driving a 2006 Chrysler 300 sedan northbound on I-5, the driver reportedly crossed over the median by a turnaround for emergency vehicles near South 288th Street, Pratt said. The Chrysler then headed north into southbound traffic.<\/p>\n
A 61-year-old Seattle man, a passenger in the car driven by the Seattle woman, remained in serious condition Thursday at Harborview.<\/p>\n
A 25-year-old Auburn woman, the driver of a fourth vehicle, was taken to Auburn Medical Center to be treated for undisclosed injuries. A 49-year-old Sumner woman, the driver of a fifth vehicle, was not injured.<\/p>\n
The accident backed up I-5 southbound traffic for as far as five miles by about 7 p.m. Thursday, according to the Washington State Department of Transportation. Three general-purpose lanes were blocked during the accident investigation for about four hours. Vehicles were allowed to use the carpool lane to drive past the accident.<\/p>\n
Four of the five vehicles in the accident were totaled, including the Puyallup man’s car, according to the State Patrol.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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