Wrong way driver collides with motorcycle on Auburn freeway ramp

According to the state patrol, the sedan crossed the center line and struck the woman’s motorcycle.

A hit-and-run incident on June 24 in Auburn left a 43-year-old Auburn woman injured after a vehicle driving the wrong way collided with her motorcycle.

The Washington State Patrol received a report of a serious motorcycle collision at approximately 4:34 p.m. on eastbound State Route 18 to C Street in Auburn, according to the agency.

Upon arriving at the scene, troopers saw a woman with a “severe” leg injury on the ground, according to state patrol. A trooper applied a tourniquet her injury, with first responders arriving on scene and continuing emergency medical aid.

A helicopter airlifted the subject to Harborview Medical Center.

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According to the state patrol, investigation of the incident determined the motorcyclist encountered the offending vehicle driving the wrong way, up the ramp, on the exit to C Street. According to the state patrol, the sedan crossed the center line and struck the side of the woman’s motorcycle, prior to fleeing the scene, with the woman’s motorcycle arriving at a stop on the right shoulder.

The Washington State Patrol have requested the public’s assistance for further information regarding the incident.