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December 10th, 2020.

Highway I 82, mile post 13. At 3.30 p.m. in Pasco, Washington, a driver reports a major accident on the interstate.

I looked up and I saw the semi truck coming into the westbound lane.

The eastbound semi was hauling a trailer full of potatoes, common load here in a region where agriculture is king.

Sounds like it was a wrong way, truck and semi.

The driver of the pickup truck had gone the wrong way up an off-ramp.

The semi tried to swerve out of the way but couldn't and slammed it head on.

The 79 year old driver of the pickup didn't survive.

The tragedy of what happened that Thursday afternoon was all the more attention grabbing because of the man behind the wheel

A local legend Gail Easter Day

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