Seattle,WA : Driver killed in wrong-way crash in Kent that injured 6 had multiple DUIs on April, Wednesday 11th 2018

Over the years Fa’alafua Ili Sr. worried often about his sons being on the road.

He always offered them rides and told them, “Call me, let me know where you guys are and I will come get you.”
But they never seemed to listen and never took him up on his offers, he said.

On Monday night, his oldest son, Fa’alafua “Moe” Ili, Jr., 38, was driving with his brother, Freddie Iopu Ili, 36, when they turned the wrong way on Highway 516, crashing into three other cars and injuring six people.

According to the Washington State Patrol, Ili Jr. was driving east in the westbound lanes of Highway 516 just before midnight when he sideswiped a 1999 Lexus RX and then struck a 2005 Nissan Altima driven by a woman with a 5-year-old child in the back seat.

The driver of a fourth vehicle, a Chevy Cobalt, hit the guardrail while trying to avoid the collision before slamming into the Lexus, according to the Washington State Patrol.

Each of the four cars had two people inside and all suffered injuries, some critical, including a 59-year-old Seattle man who was driving the Lexus, his passenger and the 5-year-old girl, according to the hospital and police.

The State Patrol said it does not know whether the driver was under the influence at the time of the crash. Court records show that the brothers had each been charged four times with DUIs.


“I asked them why they put themselves in those kinds of situations and they said they didn’t know,” Ili Sr. said. He now says he’s sharing the story of his anguish in the hopes that others will learn from his sons’ mistakes.

The State Patrol handled the crash, but does not criminally investigate cases in which the person who caused the crash dies, according to Trooper Rick Johnson.

“Once a person is deceased, it is no longer our jurisdiction,” Johnson said. “The medical examiner will do a (toxicology) screen and provide us with that result and if there was impairment, we may follow up with a supplemental report that says this is what we think happened.”

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Driver killed in wrong-way crash in Kent that injured 6 had multiple DUIs