BREMERTON — A Port Ludlow woman was killed in a car crash when the vehicle her husband was driving went off the road and hit a tree in Bremerton.
Mary L. Hermann, 61, of Port Ludlow was pronounced dead at the scene as a result of injuries from the crash.
She was the passenger in the vehicle.
The driver of the vehicle was her husband, Charles S. Hermann, 61, of Port Ludlow.
He sustained serious injuries in the crash and was transported by helicopter to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle.
As of Monday evening, he was still in Harborview and listed in serious condition.
Washington State Police said the one-vehicle crash took place around 4:45 p.m. on Sunday on state Highway 3 in Bremerton.
The couple was in a 2002 Infiniti QX4, heading northbound on the state highway just north of Loxie Eagans Boulevard when the Hermanns drove off the right side of the road and into the grassy shoulder.
According to State Patrol, the vehicle first hit a large road sign and then continued forward, crashing into a tree where it came to rest.
The vehicle was totaled and was towed from the scene.
The cause of the crash is still under investigation.
According to the report from Washington State Patrol, both individuals were wearing their seatbelts during the crash.
Investigators do not believe the cause of the crash to be related to drugs or alcohol.
