Medical emergency likely cause of fatal I-5 crash in Arlington

Published 4:20 pm Sunday, July 23, 2017

ARLINGTON — A fatal crash on I-5 Sunday morning was likely caused when a medical emergency caused a man to lose control of his pickup truck, the Washington State Patrol said.

It happened around 10:20 a.m. in the northbound lanes near mile post 206.

Troopers suspect the man suffered the medical problem before his 2013 Honda Ridgeline left the freeway and struck a fence. A state patrol press memo labeled the crash a “non-traffic fatality collision.”

The Snohomish County Medical Examiner’s Office will investigate the cause and manner of the death.