Auburn man dies nearly three weeks after freeway crash

A 59-year-old Auburn man died on July 31 as a result of a fatal single-vehicle collision in Tukwila that occurred about three weeks earlier on July 12.

According to the Washington State Patrol, Hernandez Martinez Renaldo died at 5:36 p.m. July 31 at Harborview Medical Center.

Renaldo’s vehicle lost control traveling northbound on Interstate 5 at Interstate 405, leaving the roadway to the left and rolling over onto its top. The vehicle arrived to a stop in a ditch on the left side of the roadway, according to the state patrol.

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The accident resulted in roadway blockages for approximately two hours. The cause of the accident remains under investigation, according to the state patrol.