State Patrol Investigating Cause Of Deadly Crash Involving U.S. Mail Truck In Grays Harbor

Thursday, August 18, 2022 at 9:08 AM

No other vehicles seemed to be involved and its not known how long the truck had been there.

Washington State Patrol is investigating the cause of a deadly crash involving a U.S. mail truck in Grays Harbor Wednesday morning. Troopers say 25-year-old Zakariya Ahmed was found in the truck on State Route 8 outside of Elma just before 10 yesterday morning. It appears the truck hit a guardrail several times and eventually came to a stop in a ditch. No other vehicles seemed to be involved and its not known how long the truck had been there. It’s unknown if drugs or alcohol were factors in the wreck.

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