Driver suspected of impairment taken into custody after wrong-way crash on I-405

Multiple people injured in wrong-way crash on I-405 in Kirkland

A woman was taken into custody Tuesday morning after a wrong-way crash on I-405 in Kirkland.

KIRKLAND, Wash. - Troopers are investigating after multiple people were injured in a wrong-way crash on I-405 in Kirkland Tuesday morning. 

The crash happened in the southbound lanes, just north of Northeast 70th Place at about 2 a.m. It also blocked three lanes.

Washington State Patrol trooper Rick Johnson said two cars were involved in the crash and a woman, who was suspected of impairment, was driving the wrong-way and later taken into custody. 

Johnson also said two people in the other car were taken to Harborview Medical Center, but their conditions are not known.