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Four Chehalis residents were injured after a Chevrolet Suburban flipped Friday on Interstate 5 south of Napavine. Michelle Hall-Fontenette, 41, was driving a 1999 Suburban north in the right lane of the interstate at 12:55 p.m. when she changed lanes to the left to avoid hitting another car. The Suburban went onto the rumble strip and into a gravel median, then swerved to the right across the interstate, spinning clockwise into the shoulder. The Suburban flipped onto its top, coming to rest facing south on the northbound shoulder.
An 18-year-old motorcyclist was killed late Monday when he slammed into a cable barrier along Interstate 5 at high speed. Troopers responded to the scene, in the northbound lanes of I-5 in Whatcom County, at about 10:45 p.m. Monday after receiving a report of a serious motorcycle crash. The motorcyclist, later identified as Abraham Guerrero, 18, of Bellingham was found dead at the scene. Guerrero was heading north on I-5 at high speed on a 2002 Honda CBR600 MC when he lost control and veered toward the median. The motorcycle slammed into the cable barrier, killing Guerrero.
The Washington State Patrol said a 78-year-old woman caused a crash on Interstate 5 near Mount Vernon when she turned around and started heading the wrong way. The crash happened shortly after 6 a.m. near Anderson Road when the Oak Harbor woman, who was heading southbound, turned around and headed northbound. The state patrol said the woman crashed head-on into a 29-year-old driver in the far left lane.
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