Blessings for the truck driver in fatal crash | Letters

Firefighters and rescue crews responded to a tanker truck crash that killed a 68-year-old driver at 2:30 a.m. Sunday on southbound Interstate 5, about a mile south of 320th Street. - Courtesy of South King Fire and Rescue
Courtesy of South King Fire and Rescue
Firefighters and rescue crews responded to a tanker truck crash that killed a 68-year-old driver at 2:30 a.m. Sunday on southbound Interstate 5, about a mile south of 320th Street.

November 9, 2012 · 12:09 PM

I wanted to bless the truck driver and his family. He lost his life trying to save other lives by choosing to take his truck away from the accident and go through the sound barrier on I-5. It is all so sad. God bless you dear. May you be safe now.

From a neighbor near the crash site.

Char Marriner, Federal Way

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