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Woman killed in four-vehicle crash on SR 500 in east Orchards

Police suspect Camas woman who caused crash may have been impaired

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By Emily Gillespie, Columbian Breaking News Reporter and Andy Matarrese, Columbian Breaking News Reporter

Law enforcement suspect an impaired driver may have caused a four-vehicle crash that killed a Vancouver woman in the east Orchards area this morning, which blocked both lanes on state Highway 500 for several hours.

Troopers with the Washington State Patrol were called to a crash on state Highway 500 near 182nd Avenue just before 9:30 a.m. and arrived to find a crash involving four vehicles.

According to the state patrol, Camas’ Pamela S. Alexander, 53, was heading west on Highway 500 around milepost 9, about a mile east of the Vancouver city limits.

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