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A 23-year-old Auburn man faces potential charges of vehicular homicide, vehicular assault and reckless driving after he reportedly caused a seven-vehicle crash along northbound Interstate 5 in SeaTac that killed one person and injured seven.
Troopers responded at about 9:29 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 12 to the crash near South 200th Street, according to the Washington State Patrol.
A 68-year-old woman from China, a passenger in a van, was killed in the collision. The van driver and three other passengers were injured and transported to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, according to the State Patrol. A driver and a passenger in another vehicle also were injured and transported to Harborview. Another driver was injured and treated at the scene.
The Auburn man, who was not injured, was reportedly speeding in a 2014 Lexus IS 250 sedan approaching South 200th Street in lane five of five, according to the State Patrol. Three other vehicles also were in lane five. The other three vehicles were in lanes one, two and four.
The Auburn man made a lane change and struck a vehicle in lane two. He then struck a vehicle in lane one, pushing that vehicle into lane five. Three of those vehicles then struck a vehicle (the van with a driver and four passengers) in lane five. One of the vehicles was pushed into lane four, where it was struck by another vehicle.
The Auburn man’s vehicle crossed the grassy median and came to rest on the ramp to northbound I-5 from South 200th Street. One vehicle came to rest on the right shoulder. Four vehicles came to rest in lane five. One vehicle came to rest in lanes three and four.
The roadway was blocked for about 7 hours and 19 minutes.
Five of the seven vehicles were totaled, including the Lexus driven by the Auburn man..
