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Panos S. Palas was driving northbound in the southbound lanes of I-5, causing two cars to crash and one passenger to suffer a broken leg. After a breath test it was determined that Palas had a blood alcohol content of .123, and troopers arrested him. Palas "admitted to drinking brandy for a cough and stated it helped with his medicine."The things that you need to know about an accident with a drunk driver
A Tukwila firefighter died after a motorcycle crash on I-5 near Fife on Saturday. Jason William Karwhite, of Auburn, was riding on I-5 when the accident occurred. What money damages are recoverable in a death claim?
The motorcycle was on the southbound on-ramp of Interstate 5 from the West Seattle Bridge just after 1 a.m. The ramp curves sharply and the motorcycle was going too fast to successfully complete the curve. The crash ejected the female passenger over the ramp on the left side, where luckily she landed in netting installed between the two. Her injuries were serious, but are not believed to be life-threatening.5 things every motorcycle accident victim needs to do immediately
A 29-year-old San Diego man was found dead early Monday after apparently crashing into some trees on an embankment behind a business off Interstate 5 in Chula Vista.
David Antonio Sanchez's car appeared to have veered off the southbound freeway and rolled down an embankment before slamming into the trees and damaging a chain link fence on the back side of an industrial complex at 1095 Bay Blvd., north of Palomar Street, according to police and the county Medical Examiner's Office.
A 48-year-old Dallas, Oregon man died in a fiery crash on Interstate 5 south of Wilsonville Friday.
Lt. Gregg Hastings, an Oregon State Police spokesman, said a northbound 1993 Buick Regal went off the road near Milepost 281, about three miles south of Wilsonville, around 11:55 a.m.
He said the car went through the shoulder, through grass for about 200 feet and crashed into a tree. The car then burst into flames.
The driver, identified as Emuel James Smothers, died at the scene. Hastings said the crash remains under investigation.