One man died and four others were injured in two separate collisions on Sunday and Monday, March 5-6 on Interstate 5 in Federal Way.<\/p>\n
Two injured<\/strong><\/p>\n A 37-year-old Maple Valley man and 45-year-old SeaTac man were transported to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle on March 5 after a two-vehicle collision at approximately 7:25 a.m. on I-5.<\/p>\n According to a news release from the Washington State Patrol, the 37-year-old man, driving southbound and approaching South 336th Street, reportedly lost control and crossed the median, jumping the guardrail into the northbound I-5 lanes.<\/p>\n The 45-year-old man, driving in the northbound lane, attempted to swerve to avoid the airborne vehicle, according to the news release. The vehicles collided, totaling both vehicles, and came to a rest in lanes two and three.<\/p>\n The crash resulted in a 2 hours, 55 minutes closure of the roadway. Investigation regarding the cause of the crash continues.<\/p>\n Man dies, two injured<\/strong><\/p>\n Tysen Blodgett, a 41-year-old Puyallup man, died as a result of injuries sustained in a four-vehicle collision on March 6 at approximately 5:20 a.m. on I-5.<\/p>\n Blodgett was transported to Harborview Medical Center following the crash and later died at the hospital, according to a March 7 State Patrol news release.<\/p>\n While traveling southbound on I-5 approaching South 320th Street, Blodgett’s vehicle reportedly lost control on the icy roadway, according to the State Patrol. The vehicle swerved to the right and struck a concrete jersey barrier.<\/p>\n A second and third vehicle struck the man’s vehicle, with his vehicle coming to a rest in the third lane of five, where it was struck a final time by a fourth vehicle, according to the State Patrol.<\/p>\n A 59-year-old California man was transported to MultiCare Auburn Medical Center for injuries related to the crash. The two other drivers involved in the collision were uninjured.<\/p>\n The freeway was closed for 3 hours, 30 minutes after the crash, according to the State Patrol.<\/p>\n The crash remains under investigation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Collisions on Sunday and Monday, March 5-6 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1153,"featured_media":62082,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,24],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62081"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1153"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62081"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62081\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62082"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62081"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62081"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62081"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=62081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}