Man killed in I-5 pileup near Lakewood was Jason Ley, 46, of Yelm

A man killed Friday in a series of collisions on Interstate 5 near Lakewood has been identified as 46-year-old Jason Ley.

The Yelm man was a passenger in a Ford Explorer that was involved in a crash with two other vehicles about 2:30 a.m. near state Route 512.

Washington State Patrol troopers said a drunken driver plowed into the wreckage, pushing the Explorer into a Ford F-350 pickup that hit Ley, who had gotten out of the vehicle.

Ley was taken to Madigan Army Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.

The 22-year-old suspected drunken driver who crashed into the Explorer received stitches and was booked into the Pierce County Jail after the collision.

Pierce County prosecutors said Monday they were waiting for toxicology results before deciding whether to charge the man.

Moments after the first crash, another suspected drunken driver in a fifth vehicle apparently was distracted by the initial collision scene and drove into a traffic barrier before hitting another car.

The scenes were about 100 yards apart, according to the state patrol.

By the time troopers arrived, the driver hit in the second collision fled for unknown reasons. The driver who hit his car was arrested on suspicion of DUI.

It took investigators nearly four hours to sort out the scene, which meant all lanes of I-5 were closed until 6 a.m.

This story was originally published October 24, 2016 at 10:05 AM with the headline "Man killed in I-5 pileup near Lakewood was Jason Ley, 46, of Yelm."