Troopers say wrong-way intoxicated driver hits semi on I-5 in Castle Rock

A 58-year-old Castle Rock man is in custody after authorities say he drove intoxicated the wrong way on Interstate 5 Thursday night and hit a semi-truck head on — pinning the semi's driver in the cab.

Daren D. Bowlby was headed northbound on I-5 south around 11:30 p.m. just north of exit 42 when he hit Brian C. Campbell, 57, of Salem, who was in the same lane headed south, a Washington State Patrol press memo states.

Campbell's full-size semi-truck crashed through the right guardrail and rolled. He suffered multiple serious injures, Trooper and spokesperson Will Finn said, though he was wearing a seatbelt, and was transported to PeaceHealth St. John Medical Center.

Bowlby was not wearing a seatbelt in his GMC truck and was not injured, the press memo states, but troopers' investigation led to their suspicion of his impairment. 

Bowlby was booked into Cowlitz County Jail at 6:11 a.m. Friday, according to jail records, for suspicion of vehicular assault and DUI.

His first appearance in Cowlitz County Superior Court is set for 1 p.m. the same day.