AUBURN, Wash. — A wrong-way driver is under investigation for DUI and vehicular homicide in Auburn.
The eastbound lanes of SR 18 near 312th Street are back open after a person was killed in a wrong-way crash.
Shortly before midnight on Thursday, dispatchers began receiving calls about a wrong-way driver who crashed into another driver. A third car drove over debris from the wreck and punctured a tire.
Both cars involved in the crash were severely mangled. A 27-year-old Gig Harbor man who was hit by the wrong-way driver died at the scene.
The driver who the Washington State Patrol says caused the crash, a 38-year-old Bellevue man, was taken to the hospital.
The eastbound lanes of the highway were closed for 4.5 hours. The lanes reopened at around 5 a.m. Friday.
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