Wrong-way Pickup Driver Caused Crash with Semi Truck
Benton - On Sunday, a pickup truck driver who was going the wrong way on a Washington freeway crashed, resulting in "severe injuries." It happened about 5:30 in the morning. on October 16 in Washington's Benton County. The incident that resulted in what Washington State Trooper C. Thorson described a "severe injury crash" was a pick-up driver named Roberto Ramirez, 37, traveling east in the westbound lanes of I-82 at mile marker 105.
Ramirez and Karimov were both sent to a neighborhood hospital for medical attention. Ramirez is facing accusations, according to local news sources. Police are currently looking into the collision.
Traffic alert in Benton County: WSP is on scene of a truck vs. semi truck and double trailers, W/B I-82 near MP 107, approx. two miles west of Badger Road. Amazingly this is only minor injury. One lane is blocked, traffic getting by…. pic.twitter.com/vaHdMr5r0a
— Trooper C. Thorson (@wspd3pio) October 17, 2022