Driver who killed 83-year-old woman while fleeing police sentenced for Lynnwood crash

SNOHOMISH COUNTY, Wash. — A Snohomish County man who killed an 83-year-old woman as he drove the wrong-way down the freeway in an attempt to get away from police will spend 27 years in prison after he was sentenced this week.

The April 2024 crash killed Trudy Slanger, of Lynnwood, as she was driving home from church on State Route 525.

Last month, Robert Rowland, 39, pleaded guilty to charges of murder, vehicular assault, and assault…

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