Wrong-Way Driver Suspected in Crash That Killed Former Mayor's Wife

Susan “Susie” Edler, wife of former Yakima Mayor and Seattle Mariners player Dave Edler, was killed and Dave was seriously injured in a head-on crash Sunday afternoon on Coolidge Road in Yakima. Police say a 26-year-old driver was traveling at high speed in the wrong lane before the collision; investigators believe alcohol may have been a factor, and the driver was arrested on suspicion of vehicular homicide and vehicular assault. Dave Edler was taken to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, and the crash remains under investigation.