HAZEL DELL, WA – A woman was killed and two others were hospitalized in a three-car pileup in Hazel Dell on Monday morning.
KATU reports the accident took place at approximately 10 a.m. on Interstate 5 near 99th Street. A southbound driver was reportedly distracted and crashed into a car that was stopped in traffic, causing that vehicle to strike the one ahead of it.
The fatality victim, identified as 64-year-old Judith Cherryhomes, was driving the vehicle that was rear-ended first. She was killed in the accident.
Two people in the vehicle that Cherryhomes struck were hospitalized following the accident. The severity of their injuries is unknown.
No other injuries were reported.
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