Ridgefield man may face charges after I-5 crash sends vehicle 200 feet down embankment

COWLITZ COUNTY, Wash. — Two people were injured Sunday evening after a crash on Interstate 5 sent one vehicle down a steep embankment, authorities said.

The crash happened just before 8 p.m. Units from Washington State Patrol and Clark-Cowlitz Fire Rescue found one vehicle about 200 feet down an embankment, tangled in dense blackberry bushes. Fire crews used a low-angle rope rescue to safely reach and remove a patient from the ravine.

The second vehicle required minor stabilization and the use of heavy rescue tools to extricate another patient, officials said…

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