CLINTON — An Everett woman died Saturday afternoon after a head-on crash on Highway 525 near Clinton on Whidbey Island.
Sharon Gamble, 77, was a passenger in a Mercedes-Benz E-350 sedan driven by an Everett man heading south on the highway near Campbell Road. A Lynnwood woman, 39, in a Ford Explorer SUV driving north allegedly crossed the center line and struck the car around 1 p.m., according to the Washington State Patrol.
The Everett woman died at the scene, and the man driving the car she was in was hospitalized at Providence Regional Medical Center Everett.
The Lynnwood woman was taken to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle.
Alcohol or drugs are believed to be involved, and the cause was being investigated.
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