Impaired driver airlifted after crash outside Moses Lake

GRANT COUNTY, WA – An impaired driver was airlifted to the hospital from the scene of a rollover accident on State Route 17 not far from Moses Lake on Saturday.

According to State Trooper John Bryant, the 2010 Dodge Charger rolled multiple times before coming to land in the road on SR-17 in the afternoon Saturday.

The driver was injured and taken from the scene via helicopter to Kadlec Medical Center in Richland.

Authorities confirmed that the driver was impaired when the crash happened.

Traffic was detoured around the area which was closed for more than two hours.

On I-5 southbound just south of SR 531 there is a collision blocking the 2 left lanes.

— WSDOT Traffic (@wsdot_traffic) April 19, 2021

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