An 18-year-old girl who was slated to graduate from high school in one week, died in a Lacey car crash over the weekend. According to police, she was driving drunk. Mason County Sheriff’s Deputies say they think the teen was speeding and had been drinking early Saturday morning when she…
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I-5 Traffic Snarl in Everett Due to Crash
A dramatic two-car accident on I-5 just north of the Highway 526 interchange in Everett on Thursday afternoon left two people with minor injuries. According to the Washington State Patrol, two trucks went off the freeway, took out 15 sections of concrete barrier and went down a 70-foot embankment. In…
Auto collision in Tukwila leaves one dead
Tukwila police reported that a 46-year-old man from Connecticut died Saturday morning after his sedan veered across traffic and was struck by an SUV. The auto accident happened around 10:50 a.m. in the 13500 block of Tukwila International Boulevard. According to police, te sedan was driving southbound when it left…
Teenage girl struck and killed by pickup in Lynnwood
Two teenage girls were hit by a pickup truck Friday night in Lynnwood, according to the Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office. One girl died as a result of the accident. Sheriff’s Capt. Kevin Prentiss said that a white Ford Ranger was heading east about 11:10 p.m. in the 3300 block of…
Car hits pedestrian in Lynnwood
A woman who was struck by a car near the intersection of 188th Street SW and Highway 99 in Lynnwood was rushed to a Seattle hospital after the pedestrian accident, officials said. The crash occurred just before 10 a.m. According to Marybeth O’Leary, a Lynnwood fire spokeswoman, officials have not…
Road closed after crash Tuesday morning
An automobile driver was arrested by Seattle police after driving into a construction site early Tuesday. Just before 12:45a.m., the automobile crash occured in the 10100 block of Holman Road Northwest, Seattle police reported. According to witnesses, the driver was speeding when he hit a truck and then a light…
Plane crashes into Lake Chelan; 2 dead
Two people died on Saturday when their float plane crashed into Lake Chelan near the remote resort community of Stehekin in the North Cascades. The plane was carrying 5 people total. A charter flight from Chelan Airways, the single-engine DeHavilland Beaver had taken off from the town of Chelan about…
Car in water, passenger dead, after Tacoma chase
A man from Tacoma has been accused of driving a stolen car into the water at a marina, leaving his passenger dead following the Washington auto accident.. On Saturday, just before 10 p.m. a Tacoma police officer determined a car had been stolen by running the license plate, said Officer…
Pickup driver killed in collision with bus
A fatal bus crash in which a pickup collided with a school bus in Spanaway is being investigated by Pierce County sheriff’s deputies. According to investigators, the truck apparently slammed head-on into the bus at 224th Street East and 50th Avenue East, said sheriff’s spokesman Ed Troyer. The truck was…
Skateboarder’s death results in two-year sentence for driver responsible
A man from Everett was sentenced to two years in prison for striking and killing a 12 year old skateboarder. On the night of August 21st, 2006, Justin Freeman was skateboarding with friends in Everett. Kasey Cline, 28, was driving a pickup when he struck and killed Freeman. Cline kept…