A Washington State Patrol officer was killed early Saturday morning after being struck by a motorist on Interstate 5 near Marysville, the agency said in a news release.
The trooper was killed on I-5 southbound near 136th Street North.
The trooper, who has yet to be identified, is the 33rd killed in the line of duty and the first since Detective Eric Gunderson died after contracting COVID-19 at a work conference in September 2021. Before that, Trooper Justin Schaffer was hit and killed on March 24, 2020 while placing spike strips down on Interstate 5 near Chehalis.
