FERNDALE, Wash. – A Blaine man was killed and a young Ferndale driver was injured in a wrong-way crash on I-5 between Slater and Axton Roads Wednesday evening.
State Troopers say 73-year-old David B. Johnson of Blaine, a passenger in a car driven by 75-year old Gary Johnson of Graham, died at the scene.
Gary Johnson was driving southbound in the northbound lanes just after 8 p.m. when he ran head-on into a car driven by 18-year-old Ilia Castrjeon of Ferndale.
Both drivers were injured and taken to PeaceHealth St. Joseph Medical Center.
The freeway was blocked for several hours.
Troopers say drugs or alcohol were involved.