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Sandra Lee Clifford, 72, killed and Washington State Patrol trooper Benjamin C. Ellis injured in collision on Interstate 5 in Custer, Washington

Modified Date: 
Mon, 03/07/2016 - 12:57pm
Accident Date: 
Friday, December 18, 2015

1 dead, trooper seriously injured in crash near Custer

CUSTER, Wash. (AP) - A woman has died and a Washington State Patrol trooper was seriously injured when a vehicle crashed into a trooper's patrol car as it sat parked along Interstate 5. Trooper Heather Axtman said the trooper was trapped inside the vehicle and suffered a head injury. Other news outlets reported the crash happened Friday afternoon on northbound I-5 near Custer. The trooper had stopped his vehicle on the side of the freeway to respond to a rollover crash and a car crashed into him as he sat inside. Axtman said the woman in the car that hit the patrol vehicle was unresponsive.

Woman killed in crash with parked cruiser on I-5 identified

Woman killed in crash with parked cruiser on I-5 identified Posted: Updated: The Washington State Patrol says a trooper whose parked cruiser was struck along Interstate 5 was released from the hospital. He was sitting in the cruiser with his lights flashing when the car was struck by a Buick LeSabre. The Bellingham Herald reports that Trooper Benjamin C. Ellis had parked his patrol car on the highway a little south of the Canadian border to investigate a one-car rollover crash Friday afternoon. Ellis was briefly trapped in his patrol car and suffered a head injury and concussion. There was intense weather including hail at the time of the crash.      (Copyright 2015 The Associated Press.
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Type: Car Accident
People Involved: 
Sandra Lee Clifford
Benjamin C. Ellis
Roadway: 
Interstate 5
City: 
Custer, WA
County: 
Whatcom County, WA
Area: 
Everett-Bellingham WA

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