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Two Killed In Car / Semi Truck Accident When Cable Barrier Fails

Date: October 3, 2008
Location: US 12 Overpass, Thurston County
Type: Car Accident
Outcome: Two dead, two injured

A cable barrier was unable to prevent a car from veering into the opposite lanes of Interstate 5 in southern Thurston County, causing a car accident that killed two people and injured two others.

Apparently the accident happened when the driver of a southbound Subaru Legacy lost control in the rain after hitting the brakes to stop for slowing traffic just south of the U.S. 12 overpass.  The car skidded under the cable barrier in the center median and crashed head-on into a northbound tractor-trailer.

The cable barrier did stop the tractor-trailer and car from crossing into the southbound lanes after they collided.

The car’s driver and a front-seat passenger died at the scene. The passenger has been identified as Karl F. Heiss of Moyie Springs, Idaho. The driver has not been identified.  A 6-year-old boy and a 10-year-old girl, both in the back seat of the Subaru, were injured.

The auto accident attorneys at the Davis Law Group frequently handle truck and tracktor trailer accidents, wrongful death, auto accident, and motorcycle accident cases.