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News brief: Centralia driver dies after medical issue, wreck on I-5

By Sharyn  L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter

Firefighters and troopers called to a motor vehicle accident on northbound Interstate 5 in Centralia this afternoon found the driver had suffered an apparent cardiac event before his car slid along the inside concrete barrier and came to a stop.

The 79-year-old Centralia man was taken to Providence Centralia Hospital where he was declared dead, according to the Washington State Patrol.

His wife was with him and was not injured, responders said.

It happened just before 2:30 p.m. near milepost 81.

Richard A. Pliska, 79, had no apparent injury from the collision, according to the state patrol.

Their 1998 Mercury Marquise sustained an estimated $1,000 damage.