Abduction May Have Been Factor in Wrong-Way Freeway Crash, Renton Police Say

Three people were hospitalized Sunday after a police chase sparked by a possible abduction ended in a wrong-way crash on Interstate 5, Renton Police said.

 A witness told police that two men forced a woman into a car in the 600 block of Monster Road Southwest shortly before 1 p.m. The witness was able to keep sight of the silver 1997 Saturn until Renton Police caught up to it, according to a statement from the police department.

The driver refused to stop and led police on a two-minute chase into Tukwila, then drove onto the northbound lanes of I-5 at the Southcenter/Interstate 405 exit. The driver immediately turned the car in the opposite direction and headed southbound in the northbound lanes, hitting another vehicle head-on.

All three people in the suspect car were taken to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle. Renton Police said they don’t know their relationship or the circumstances leading to the apparent abduction.

Renton Police and the Washington State Patrol are investigating.

Anyone with any information about the incident is asked to call the Renton Police at 425-430-7500, and reference case number 11-3802.