Crime & Safety
WSP Deploys Extra Patrols For Seahawks' 1st Game
After three deaths due to suspected impaired driving over the weekend, WSP boosted patrols in Seattle as fans return to Lumen Field.
SEATTLE — Washington State Patrol sent more resources to Seattle Monday with heavy traffic expected around Lumen Field for the Seattle Seahawks season opener at home against Russell Wilson and the Denver Broncos.
WSP expected traffic congestion building by the afternoon, remaining elevated through the evening, and said extra troopers would be "out in force" looking for signs of potential impairment.
"This past Friday into Saturday morning Washington State Patrol (WSP) troopers investigated three horrible collisions involving the arrest of the causing drivers for suspected impairment," Trooper Rick Johnson said Monday. "Two lost their lives in one collision, one lost their life in the second, and one was seriously injured in the third collision. These were all preventable."
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The three-car crash that killed two happened Friday night in the northbound lanes of Interstate 5, near Interstate 405 in Southcenter. Troopers investigated another suspected DUI crash Saturday morning on State Route 9, south of the Snohomish River.
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