Articles Posted in Automobile Accidents

Following an accident Wednesday night at Branch Road and U.S. Highway 97, a report stated that a woman is in a Seattle hospital and a man is in the Yakima County jail for investigation of vehicular assault. According to a patrol accident memorandum issued late Wednesday, the Washington State Patrol said drugs or alcohol were a factor in the Washington auto accident.

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The 31 year old Yakima woman was transported to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle following the 6:50 p.m. crash. The hospital reported her to be in intensive care in serious condition. The man in custody is 36 years old, and from Yakima. A passenger who was riding with the male driver was not injured.
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The man driving a stolen car at high speeds crashed into another vehicle in Seattle Tuesday afternoon. Three people were sent to the hospital and traffic was shut down on Aurora Avenue North.

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Several 911 calls about a reckless driver in a white Dodge Durango were received by Seattle police. The driver ran a stop sign at North 93rd Street and Aurora Avenue North just before 5 p.m. The Durango hit a Mitsubishi sedan, causing the Durango to roll over.
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The newstribune.com website reported in a story on January 19, 2009 that a Fort Lewis soldier had died while on post. The family of the soldier has yet to be contacted and so the identity of the soldier was not released. The only information that was released by the army was that the soldier died from his injuries sustained during a Washington car accident sometime before 6 am.

Based on Allstate data for 197 U.S. cities with more than 100,000 people, Seattle ranks 150th. Drivers here are 20 percent more likely to have an accident than those in other areas — and file accident claims on average once every 8.3 years. In Tacoma, ranked 157th, residents are 22 percent more likely to have an accident, and file accident claims every 8.2 years.
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A report states that a $300,000 settlement was reached between Snohomish County and a bicyclist injured in a traffic accident that occurred three years ago. The Washington trucking accident involved a 31-year old man and a public-works employee who hit the bicyclist with his public utility truck.

The accident left the man with two broken elbows. He was subsequently unable to continue his job at a lumber yard and is looking to train for another form of employment.

At Bernard Law Group, we handle personal injury lawsuits that are the results of auto accidents in Washington State every day.

A man was critically injured on Beacon Hill early this morning after a Seattle rollover accident and he was thrown from the vehicle.

According to Seattle police, the driver was heading south in the 4600 block of Beacon Avenue South at 1:13 a.m. when he veered into the northbound lane. As he was attempting to return to the southbound lane, he hit a landscaped median, flipping his car.

Police said that firefighters determined the man, who was thrown from the vehicle, suffered life-threatening injuries. He was taken to Harborview Medical Center. The crash is under investigation.

According to the King County Sheriff’s office, a 48-year-old man from Covington was killed last week after his vehicle went off the road and crashed into a tree.

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The accident occurred in the 17800 block of Southeast Covington-Sawyer Road on Thursday evening, at about 11:10 p.m. The man was alone in his SUV, and was taken to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle.

According to the Seattle Times, three people were seriously injured in a Seattle car accident when a speeding BMW slammed into a Subaru that was stopped at a stoplight on Lake City Way Northeast at Northeast 95th Street. The driver and passengers in both cars were taken to area hospitals with life threatening injuries.

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The driver of the BMW was jailed on suspicion of Vehicular Assault. Vehicular Assault can be charged if a person is seriously injured when a motorist is driving recklessly, under the influence of alcohol or drugs, and/or driving without regard for the safety of other people.

A 14-year-old driver crashed his car in Sunnyside on Tuesday morning, according to State Troopers. Both he and his 16-year-old passenger were taken to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle.

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Both boys are from Sunnyside, but their names were not released. According to the news release from the Washington State Patrol, the 14-year-old was headed on East Edison Avenue about 8:45 a.m. in a 1992 BMW when he failed to yield for a stop sign. The car crossed State Route 241 and landed on its wheels in a canal on the north side of the road.

A three-vehicle car crash in Kent on Monday night on Pacific Highway left a 29-year-old Kent man injured. One man involved was chased on foot and subsequently arrested.

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Kent Police spokesman Paul Peterson said that the injured man remained in critical condition with undisclosed injuries, as of noon Tuesday, at Harborview.

Police arrested one of the drivers involved in the King County auto accident, a 24-year-old man, for investigation of vehicular assault. Peterson said that there is an indication that the 24-year-old man had been drinking alcohol.
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Tacoma Pierce County DUI Task Force is trying to make the roads safer for drivers. On January 3rd, they conducted an X-52 speeding patrol 3 focused on enforcing the speed limit on State Routes 512 and 7 and on Meridian and 176th Streets where there are a significant number of speed-related crashes.

At Bernard Law Group, we handle Washington personal injury lawsuits that are the results of auto accidents in Seattle and communities throughout Washington State every day. Call our attorneys at 1-800-418-8282. We are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

According to the Tacoma Daily Index, 36 officers, deputies and troopers stopped 558 motorists and issued 288 speeding tickets. An additional 183 citations for unsafe driving were issued including driving aggressively or while suspended or, in the case of teenagers, in violation of intermediate driver’s license restrictions.
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