A driver’s medical problem led to a three-vehicle crash Tuesday morning on Interstate 5 in Vancouver and sent him to the hospital.
Around 8:40 a.m., Eddie L. Beaudin, 56, of Vancouver was heading south on the freeway, near Exit 3, in heavy traffic when an apparent medical issue caused him to accelerate from the exit lane, according to the Washington State Patrol.
His Saturn Ion struck the right front fender of a Mercedes sedan and then the undercarriage of a tractor-trailer, according to the state patrol.
Beaudin was transported to a local hospital. His condition was unavailable.
The driver of the Mercedes, Andrew J. Miller, 52, of Vancouver, and the driver of the tractor-trailer, Ernesto Fernandez, 49, of Gresham, Ore., were uninjured, the state patrol said.
