Thurston man among those injured in Friday morning wreck that blocked I-5 for 7 hours
A Thurston County resident was among the injured Friday morning when a semi-trailer triggered a multiple-vehicle wreck on I-5, according to Washington State Patrol.
The 73-year-old Lacey man was injured and taken to Tacoma General Hospital. A total of four people were injured and one person died at the scene, a 54-year-old man later identified as Dung T. Nguyen of Lakewood.
The 65-year-old St. Louis man driving the semi-trailer was arrested on suspicion of vehicular homicide, four counts of vehicular assault and driving under the influence, according to State Patrol.
About 7:45 a.m. March 18, the St. Louis man was headed north on I-5 at 38th Street in Tacoma. Troopers say he crashed into Nguyen’s vehicle, which triggered a series of wrecks in the area.
Seven of those vehicles were stopped in traffic at the time of the collision, according to State Patrol.
In addition to the Lacey man, a Tacoma woman, 28, a Troutdale, Oregon woman, 44, and a Eugene, Oregon woman, 22, also were injured.
The road was blocked for more than seven hours, according to State Patrol.
This story was originally published March 20, 2022 at 12:08 PM.
