Semi driver falls asleep, crashes into tree on state Route 8

posted 10:51 AM 05/25
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UPDATE 10:30 a.m.: Crews are still working on removing a semi truck that crashed into a tree after the driver fell asleep at the wheel on state Route 8 Saturday morning.

Two tow trucks are being used to remove the semi, which had its entire front end destroyed in the crash, according to Washington State Patrol Trooper Guy Gill.

Both eastbound lanes and one westbound lane of the roadway is closed while the semi is removed.

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