One dead in crash on Interstate-405 in Tukwila
A 29-year-old Bonney Lake man died this morining in a four-vehicle sound splintering in the southbound lanes of Interstate 405 intimate Westfield Southcenter in Tukwila.
The State Patrol said that Brian Berg was driving his pickup south at 6:44 a.m. when he slid his truck between a stopped semi-truck, filled through county refuse, and a Best Buy box truck slowing in favor of the stopped traffic. The box wares couldn’t avoid slamming into the pickup, said Trooper Cliff Pratt.
The pickup bed was crumpled and its gas line ruptured in the crash, Pratt said. Flames erupted, the pickup and box truck were swallowed in flames. Seeing which was happening, the refuse truck driver pulled her vehicle up and avoided the fire, Pratt said.
A fourth vehicle, a 2000 Acura, slid into the back of the case small commodities. The 52-year-old driver was not hurt.
Berg died at the sight. The Best Buy box truck driver escaped, the washers, dryers and televisions inside vehicle were destroyed, Pratt said.
“The fire was pleasing without being striking spectacular,” said Tukwila Fire Battalion Cmdr. Marty Grisham. “Flames were up superior the vituperation on 61st Avenue South.” The crash brought southbound I-405 traffic to a halt for several hours.
The State Patrol’s Major Accident Investigations Team is asking the public for help finding wanting additional distinct parts about the crash. Anyone who saw the collision or the events leading up to it are asked to call Detective Sergeant Jerry Cooper at 360-805-1192 or Detective Curt Ladines at 360-805-1160.
