Washington police identify 2 people killed in overpass crash
The Associated Press | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 5 years, 3 months AGO
TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — Two people were killed inside a vehicle that drove off an overpass bridge, Washington state authorities said.
James Pearson, 45, and his passenger, 50-year-old Lashonda Burgess, died when the car plunged off the bridge in Tacoma around 7 p.m. Wednesday, The News Tribune reported last week.
Drugs or alcohol are believed to have been a factor in the accident that killed the Tacoma residents, the Washington State Patrol said.
A 27-year-old woman who was in the vehicle was transported to St. Joseph Medical Center in serious condition. The survivor was the only person in the vehicle wearing a seat belt, authorities said.
The vehicle went through a fence on the west side of the street and drove off the overpass before landing on a median in the Interstate 5 and Interstate 705/Route 7 interchange, police said.
No other vehicles were involved in the crash.
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