Mercer Island Car Accident: Bellevue and Berkely men identified among 3 killed in wrong-way crash on I-90 in Mercer Island.

Early on Monday, October 30, three persons lost their lives in an automobile accident on Interstate 90 near Mercer Island.

A driver travelling the wrong way entered eastbound I-90 and collided with another vehicle, causing the collision. Trooper Rick Johnson of the Washington State Patrol states that the second vehicle’s driver and passenger, as well as the motorist who caused the accident, died.

Around 5:30 a.m., eastbound I-90 reopened. Hours of the highway were closed while the collision was being investigated.

The motorist who caused the accident, according to the troopers, was thirty years old. The casualties were a man from Bellevue, age twenty-two, and a woman from Berkely, California, age twenty-three. The trio perished.

Further details was not released, pending investigation.

Location Facts

Mercer Island is a city in King County, Washington, United States, located on an island of the same name in the southern portion of Lake Washington. Mercer Island is in the Seattle metropolitan area, with Seattle to its west and Bellevue to its east.

Mercer Island is connected to the mainland on both sides by bridges carrying Interstate 90, with the city of Seattle to the west and the city of Bellevue to the east.

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