The ordeal began when a state trooper was on his way home about 6 a.m. when he was passed by a car going at least 85 miles an hour (136km/h), according to Trooper Gary Gill, a Washington State Patrol spokesman. The trooper pursued the vehicle on southbound I-5 through Olympia. Speeds reached 100 miles an hour (160km/h).
Troopers put down a spike strip, which punctured two of the fleeing car's tires. As the driver continued speeding, his tires began shredding and the vehicle went out of control, hitting a concrete barricade near Tumwater. The accident blocked the freeway.
When the trooper approached the vehicle, the driver, 38, displayed a weapon, raised his hand and shot himself in the head, Gill said. He died at the scene.
Then troopers noticed there was a woman, 38, in the car, also dead with a gunshot wound to the head. The incident closed the southbound lanes of I-5 for about two hours.
Police subsequently found a 10-year-old girl, alive and safe with her biological father, in Redmond, Oregon. Authorities later found the body of the couple's 6-year-old son at their Spanaway home.
Authorities later identified the deceased woman as Kristy S. Sampels.
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