I 5 blocked new Lewis Thurston County line for crash

Double trailer rig driver Michael Buterbaugh smashed into Subaru on I-5; Edward Chambers dead; DUI homicide charged

07/03/2017 — Washington State Patrol reports that on July 2, 2017, at 11: 46 pm, a tractor-trailer struck a 1993 Subaru while northbound on Interstate 5 at Exit 216 Avenue in Thurston County, Wa., resulting in the death of the driver of the car. Edward P. Chambers, 80, was using his seatbelt when his vehicle was hit by a Peterbilt tractor and double trailer operated by Michael L. Buterbaugh, 36, of Yelm, Wa., causing the car to go out of control and land in a ditch.

Chambers was pronounced dead by the Tacoma County Medical Examiner. His passenger, Scott R. Anderson, 19, of Hillsborough, Ore., was treated and released from St. Peter Hospital.

The investigation is pending as well as charges, Washington State Patrol Trooper S. Jones stated that alcohol and or drugs are involved in the crash.

Trooper Brooke Bova sent a Tweet at 1:34 a.m. that the truck driver was in custody for vehicular homicide.

The driver had pulled to the shoulder of the road after the passenger in his vehicle reported that the car was overheating, troopers with the Washington State Patrol say.