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One dead in wrong-way crash on SR 520 in Redmond

REDMOND, Wash. — One person was killed in a wrong-way crash on westbound SR 520 in Redmond.

It happened at about 4 a.m. Monday just west of West Lake Sammamish Parkway.

Washington State Patrol said the driver was heading eastbound in the westbound lanes when they hit a United States Postal Service truck.

The wrong-way driver was killed.  The driver of the mail truck was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

All westbound lanes were closed while troopers investigated.  The lanes reopened shortly after 8 a.m.

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