Crime & Safety
State Route 900 Reopens After Deadly Crash
The route between Renton and Issaquah was blocked for several hours Monday morning after a crash left a man dead and a woman injured.
ISSAQUAH, WA — A head-on crash left a man dead Monday morning on State Route 900 — between Issaquah and Renton.
According to the Washington State Patrol, troopers arrived at the crash scene near Squak Mountain around 5 a.m. Investigators determined a gray car driving westbound crossed the dividing line and crashed directly into a box truck heading east.
I am on scene. Box truck traveling EB SR 900 when a gray passenger vehicle the was traveling westbound crosses the centerline and struck the truck head-on. Male driver of car unfortunately is deceased at the scene. Female passenger at hospital and will be ok. pic.twitter.com/a0kOabbsAI
— Trooper Rick Johnson (@wspd2pio) June 7, 2021
Troopers said the driver in the car died from his injuries at the scene. A woman who was a passenger in the vehicle was taken to this hospital and was expected to recover. The crash investigation fully blocked SR 900 near SE 95th St. for approximately five hours.
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