SR 516 closed in Kent after wrong-way fatal crash
Aug 3, 2018, 5:58 AM | Updated: 8:26 am
State Route 516 in Kent was closed for hours in both directions after a wrong-way driver was killed in a crash early Friday. The eastbound lanes opened at about 8 a.m. The westbound lanes opened just before 8:30 a.m.
The highway was closed westbound at West Valley Highway and eastbound at Military Road South.
The Washington State Patrol says four cars were involved in the crash that happened at 3:20 a.m. near the intersection of West Meeker and South Kent Des Moines Road/SR 516.
Troopers say the victim, a 25-year-old woman who was possibly under the influence of alcohol or drugs, was driving driving eastbound in the westbound lanes when she hit a work truck, spun around and then hit a second vehicle. She died at the scene.
The driver of the work truck that was hit was booked for investigation of DUI but did not cause the crash.
A fourth vehicle that was involved was not struck in the crash, but drove over debris that was scattered across the eastbound lanes.
