4-vehicle crash kills 2, blocks traffic in west Olympia
A fatal four-vehicle crash Wednesday morning in west Olympia prompted Olympia police to shut down traffic around the intersection of Cooper Point Road and Capital Mall Drive.
Two people died at the scene of the crash shortly after 10 a.m. and first-responders transported a third person to an area hospital in critical condition, Police Lt. Paul Lower told The Olympian.
Lower said early Wednesday afternoon that he did not know whether those three people were drivers or passengers or if others were injured. He said investigators were still investigating the scene Wednesday afternoon.
Olympia police issued a traffic alert at 10:14 a.m. on social media shortly after the collision, asking residents to take alternate routes.
Lower said that intersection is heavily traveled because it is near Capital Mall and MultiCare Capital Medical Center.
“There’s a lot of traffic up there,” Lower said. “That intersection is going to be closed for several hours.”
An 11:40 a.m. update indicated traffic was moving in both directors on Cooper Point Road but westbound traffic on Capital Mall Drive remained blocked.
The Olympia Fire Department described the incident as a “four car motor vehicle accident” in a 10:40 a.m. post on Twitter.
This article will be updated.
This story was originally published October 6, 2021 at 12:15 PM.
