Mountlake Terrace teen killed in I-5 crash

Published 9:00 pm Sunday, December 17, 2000

Herald staff

SHORELINE — A teen-ager died in a two-car crash that closed the southbound lanes of Interstate 5 for about four hours.

David S. Truong, 17, of Mountlake Terrace, was pronounced dead at the scene following the accident Sunday evening just south of the King-Snohomish county line, Washington State Patrol investigators said.

An investigation report said a car driven by Gary K. Som, 17, of Lynnwood, hit the Jersey barrier between northbound and southbound lanes, overturned and bumped a car driven by Christopher A. Espejo, 32, of Mukilteo. Truong, a passenger in Som’s car, was not wearing a seat belt.

Som and Espejo, who were wearing seat belts, escaped injury, as did a second passenger in Som’s car.

I-5 was closed to southbound traffic from about 7 p.m. to shortly before 11 p.m.