BREAKING NEWS: Sequim man killed in Highway 101 collision
Published 12:01 am Tuesday, October 7, 2008
CARLSBORG — A 25-year-old Sequim man was killed early today when the car he was driving collided head-on with another that had crossed the centerline.
The Washington State Patrol identified him as Benjamin Michael Merscher, who was driving a 1998 Honda Civic sedan eastbound on U.S. Highway 101 just west of Kitchen-Dick Road when a westbound 2001 Volkswagen Golf driven by Engre Louise Brown, 27, of Sequim crossed into the oncoming lane.
Brown was flown to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle for treatment of a broken leg and internal injuries.
The State Patrol said drugs or alcohol was involved in the 1 a.m. crash.
A complete report appears in Wednesday’s editions of the Peninsula Daily News.
