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Wrong-way driver hits three cars on SR-7

May 14, 2012, 7:02 AM | Updated: 8:57 am

A wrong-way driver in Spanaway struck multiple vehicles before a final head on collision brought him to a stop.

KOMO reports state troopers responded to the scene on Highway 7 around 12:30 p.m. on Sunday.

The Washington State Patrol reports the wrong-way driver hit two vehicles on SR-7 near 176th, before a head-on crash near Roy.

Trooper Guy Gill said the driver had four prior DUIs.

“Some folks just don’t get it!” Gill tweeted on Sunday.

Gill reports no one suffered any major injuries in the collisions.

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