A Tacoma woman is facing possible vehicular assault charges after she and three others were injured in a three-vehicle collision on state Route 7 near Coal Canyon on Sunday.
The woman, 30-year-old Nicole Hedstrom, was reportedly driving a black 2004 Honda Pilot southbound on state Route 7 behind a blue 2014 Ford Focus when, at 5:15 p.m. near milepost seven, Hedstrom’s vehicle struck the Honda, which struck a 1999 Subaru Legacy that was traveling northbound.
All three vehicles were totaled, according to the Washington State Patrol.
The Subaru’s driver, a 79-year-old Packwood man, and the driver of the Honda, a 34-year-old Puyallup man, were transported to Arbor Health Hospital in Morton with injuries sustained in the crash. Hedstrom and the Honda’s passenger, a 30-year-old Spanaway woman, were transported to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle.
The Subaru’s passenger, a 69-year-old Packwood woman, was uninjured.
Hedstrom was reportedly not wearing a seatbelt at the time of the crash.
The cause of the collision is under investigation, but the Washington State Patrol has determined drugs or alcohol were involved.
