A Bonney Lake man died on Dec. 11 as a result of a semi-truck crashing into a vehicle on northbound State Route 167.

According to the Washington State Patrol (WSP), at 7:14 a.m. Dec. 11 on SR 167, just south of State Route 18 in Auburn, a 25-year-old man from Elk Grove, California, who was driving a semi, crashed into 29-year-old Bonney Lake man Robert Pearson. According to the memo, Pearson died as a result of the crash.

“A pump-type truck and a car behind it were stopped for traffic, and a semi struck the car and pushed it into the pump truck, killing the driver of the car,” WSP Trooper Rick Johnson stated. “The causing driver was arrested for vehicular homicide under the disregard for the safety of others prong of that law.”

According to the memo, the third driver involved, the driver in the vehicle in front of Pearson, was not injured. Additionally, the alleged causing driver in the semi was not injured.

According to the King County Department of Adult and Juvenile Detention jail lookup portal, the suspect in this case is currently being held at the King County Correctional Facility and is being investigated for vehicular homicide.

The Reporter will update this story as developments arise.