Crime & Safety

University Place Driver Who Died Today Struck A State Vehicle On Freeway Interchange

Today was his 26th birthday.

UPDATE: The Washington State Patrol reports that Turner was involved in a collision Friday night when he hit a parked DOT vehicle at the highway interchange.

Here's the media release from WSP:

On March 04, 2011, at 11:32 p.m., a Department of Transportation (DOT) vehicle was struck while parked on the shoulder by a suspected drunk driver.  A 25 year-old University Place man was driving a 1993 Honda Accord east bound on SR 16 approaching I-5.  The driver was at a high rate of speed and was not able to negotiate a right hand curve in the roadway.

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The driver left the roadway and drove onto the inside shoulder and struck the rear of the DOT truck.  The DOT truck was parked with a reader board up and activated to alert traffic of a road work project in the area.  The 54 year-old man in the DOT truck was not injured.

The driver of the Honda was not wearing a seatbelt and sustained life threatening injuries.  A 23 year-old male sitting in the front passenger seat sustained minor injuries.

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Making the choice to drive impaired can change your life or the life of someone else in an instant.  The Washington State Patrol works diligently to remove impaired drivers from the roadways of our state.  Please don’t drink and drive and remember to always wear a seatbelt.

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A University Place man died today from injuries sustained during a collision at the Highway 16-Interstate 5 interchange.

Today was his 26th birthday.

Nicholas Turner died at the hospital, and family was at the hospital when he died, according to the Washington State Patrol. His next of kin has been notified. He was not wearing a seat belt during the collision, according to WSP.

Patch will have more information on this story as it becomes available.


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