A head-on automobile crash in Lakewood late Friday morning left at least two people seriously injured. According to Lakewood police, the cars collided just after 11 a.m. on Bridgeport Way SW near Seattle Avenue. Two people who were trapped inside the cars need to be extricated when medics arrived. No…
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Apparent hit-and-run death investigated in Tulalip
A Marysville woman was hit and killed early Wednesday morning by an apparent hit-and-run driver. There was no information for Snohomish County sheriff’s detectives about the vehicle involved in the death. They spent several hours at the scene after the pedestrian accident, collecting evidence and taking measurements along the road.…
Driver charged with leaving scene of fatal crash
An Auburn man, 22, was arrested today after he allegedly fled the scene of a four-vehicle collision. A 50-year-old woman was killed in the collision, and at least five other people were injured in the auto accident. The man was driving on A Street Southeast in Auburn when he was…
Woman injured in Stanwood wreck
An 18-year-old woman sustained critical injuries in a car accident in downtown Stanwood on Thursday. She was taken to Skagit Valley Hospital. According to Herald.net, the two-car accident happened near the intersection of 88th Avenue NW and 271st Street NW about 3:30 p.m. A pickup truck struck the woman’s Mustang…
Tacoma man dies after being hit by 2 separate vehicles
Two separate vehicles hit and killed a 48-year-old man early Sunday morning in a Tacoma intersection. Both vehicles fled the scene after the auto accident and police are looking for the drivers. Residents near the intersection of 38th and Fawcett say they’ve seen many bad accidents here. They say drivers…
$1.25M Awarded In Wrongful Death Suit
A jury in Tennessee awarded the family of a young mother more than $1 million in a wrongful death lawsuit. Ginger Williams, 34 and suffering from end-stage renal disease, died one day after doctors released her from the emergency room at Maury Regional Hospital. According to her mother, doctors and…
Metro bus crash sends 12 to hospitals
Approximately a dozen bus riders were taken to area hospitals after a Metro bus accident on Pacific Highway South on Wednesday. Afternoon traffic was snarled near the Kent-Des Moines interchange. There did not appear to be any critical injuries suffered in the Seattle Auto Accident that occurred shortly before 2…
Train – semi truck collision in Marysville
A train and semi-truck collided in Marysville early Monday. Minor injuries occurred when the train derailed. At approximately 6 a.m., the Seattle truck accident occurred around 130th and State streets. The driver of the semi-truck suffered some minor injuries, said Marysville Fire Department Battalion Chief Scott Goodale. As a precaution,…
Extra patrols in King County to target drunken drivers
The streets of King County will see some extra patrol cars in search of drunken drivers this weekend. X-52, which is the nickname of the State Patrol-sponsored program, is part of a statewide effort to catch and stop people from drinking and driving. Trooper Jeff Merrill said the patrols will…
Woman fired for her military service files lawsuit
A Kirkland woman, Kelly Hansen, claims she lost her job as chaplain at Children’s Hospital in Seattle because of her years of service as a National Guard chaplain. She was required to drill for a weekend and take time off work. “The first day she came back to work after…