Two people in one car were injured in a three-vehicle accident at about 8:49 p.m. Thursday along northbound Highway 167 in Kent near South 277th Street.
A 25-year-old Sedro Woolley man is under investigation for vehicular assault after his 2007 Honda Civic drifted into another lane and collided with another vehicle, according to a State Patrol media release. Drugs or alcohol were involved in the crash.
Paramedics transported a 23-year-old Bothell man, who was a passenger in the Civic, to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle. Paramedics transported the Civic driver to Valley Medical Center in Renton. Nobody was injured in the other two vehicles, according to the State Patrol.
The Civic driver drifted from one lane into another and collided with a second vehicle, a 2013 Jeep Wranger. The Jeep left the road to the right and crossed into the ramp from 277th to northbound 167. The Civic left the road, struck a barriers, struck a 2010 Lexus, crossed lanes to the right and came to rest on the right shoulder. The Lexus came to a stop in the HOV lane.
The crashed blocked the highway for about three hours and 20 minutes.
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