SHINE — One person died and two others were flown to a Seattle hospital after a two-car collision at the midspan of the Hood Canal Bridge, the State Patrol reported.

Edalina Jeronimo Lopez, 28, of Bremerton was driving eastbound on state Highway 104 in a 2006 Toyota Tacoma pickup about 5:03 p.m. Thursday when she crossed the center line and collided with an oncoming vehicle, the State Patrol said.

Lopez’s passenger, a 39-year-old man from Allyn, died at the scene. His name was being withheld pending next of kin notification, the State Patrol said.

The westbound vehicle, a 2015 Mercedes-Benz, was driven by Wesley Nielson, 83, of Port Ludlow, the State Patrol said.

Trooper Katherine Weatherwax posted on the social media site X that Lopez was attempting to make a U-turn on the bridge and

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