Fleeing wrong-way driver crashes into trooper on I-5 in Pierce County

The Washington State Patrol (WSP) arrested a driver and his passenger after crashing into a trooper near State Route 512 while going the wrong way on Interstate 5 early Wednesday.

Troopers said the suspect, a 19-year-old man in an SUV who was wanted for first-degree assault, fled from law enforcement and went the wrong way on I-5 in Pierce County four times before the crash, according to WSP Trooper Kameron Watts.

When the trooper intervened to stop the suspect, the suspect hit the trooper’s vehicle…

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