One dead, two others injured in car truck crash

One person is dead, and two others injured when a pedestrian attempted to cross Interstate-5 near milepost 81, in Lewis County on Wednesday.

Michael J. Wingert, 29, of Centralia, died when he was struck by a semi-trailer, driven by Andrew Napolean, of Vancouver, while crossing the Interstate on foot. The semi swerved to avoid hitting Wingert, side-swiping another vehicle, a 1999 Honda minivan, driven by Guicheng Yang, 46, of Coquilam, British Columbia.

The drivers, Napolean and Guicheng were not injured, but passengers in both vehicles sustained neck injuries and were transported to Centralia Providence Hospital.

All of the passengers were using seat belts, and it is unknown at this time if drugs or alcohol were a factor in the crash.

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