BENTON COUNTY, Wash.-One person is dead after a rollover crash in an eastbound lane of I-182 on the morning of October 27.
According to the WSP, 27-year-old Austin Babcock of Newberg, Oregon, was westbound on I-182 on the ramp of exit 102 onto I-82 about a mile west of Richland when they left the roadway and rolled.
Babcock was pronounced dead at the scene and he was not wearing a seatbelt at the time of the crash according to the WSP. Newberg Police have notified his next-of-kin.
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According to Washington State Patrol Trooper Chris Thorson, the single-car crash on exit 102, the exit to eastbound I-182, is under investigation and the roadway is not currently blocked.
The WSP is advising drivers to slow down and use caution in the area as Troopers investigate the scene.
