Articles Posted in Automobile Accidents

Oregon State Police reported that a woman from Lynnwood, along with three Oregon men were killed in a fatal DUI accident on Sunday when their car was slammed into from behind by a pickup on Interstate 84 near Pendleton, Or.

Police say that a 46-year-old Carlton, Oregon man who was driving the pickup was booked into the Umatilla County Jail on investigation of manslaughter and drunk driving.

Lt. Gregg Hastings of the Oregon State Police said that the man “has previous convictions for driving while under the influence”.

Hastings said that accident investigators worked through the night and into mid- afternoon because of what he called “the serious nature of the accident.”

“Four counts of manslaughter requires an in-depth and detailed investigation,” Hastings said.
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A head-on collision on I-5 Wednesday that snarled the morning commute is being blamed on a man trying to talk on his cell phone.

Washington State Patrol trooper Keith Leary said that just before 8 a.m. the crash happened when a 29 year old Lynnwood man was headed north on I-5 just north of the King County line. The man tried to put his phone in speaker mode, lost control of his car, jumped the median and collided with a car driving southbound and moving at slow speeds in heavy traffic.

“It took a toll on our commute,” Leary said.

According to www.HeraldNet.com, the collision left three people injured. As a precaution, they were taken to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle with non-life threatening injuries.
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On I-5 early this morning, a man died after an SUV rollover crash in Everett.

Washington State Patrol trooper Keith Leary said that around 2:30 a.m., the man’s SUV clipped a FedEx owned semi-truck while changing lanes headed south bound near the Silver Lake rest area.

His SUV went off the road to the right, rolled and the driver was thrown, said Leary.

Late Friday, a driver was airlifted to Harborview Hospital after a two-car accident on 108th Street NE near Highway 9 in Marysville. The driver of the second car suffered injuries as well and was taken to a local hospital.

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Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office Lt. Ty Trenary said that officers were called to the 8000 block of 108th Street NE at 8.48 p.m.

As a result of a three-car crash on Camano Island Wednesday morning, two people were hospitalized.

According to a Washington State Patrol press release, the accident occurred about 11 a.m. at E. Short Road and SE Camano Drive.

The Washington State Patrol press release stated that one of the vehicles, a minivan, stopped when a vehicle in front of it was making a U-turn. A third vehicle, a pickup truck towing a horse trailer, struck the minivan and went into a ditch.

One man was seriously injured, and two other men were killed in a Morton auto accident on Highway 12.

According to the State Patrol, a collision Saturday between a VW Cabriolet and a 26-foot motor home killed the 18 year old driver of the car, who was from Poulsbo, and a passenger, who was from SeaTac. Another passenger, a 17-year-old from Seattle was airlifted to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle.

The 63-year-old woman driving the motor home was not injured.

A fatal SUV accident on U.S. 2 claimed the life of a Monroe man Friday night at E. Fern Bluff Road. This is a dangerous road that residents have asked the state to improve.

Washington State Patrol trooper Keith Leary said the 32 year old man was driving westbound on the highway when his car crossed the centerline and crashed into an SUV and then into a pickup in the highway’s eastbound lane.

The 60 year old driver of the pickup suffered neck injuries and was transported to Valley General Hospital in Monroe, Leary said. The three people in the SUV were not injured.

“It could’ve been a lot worse,” he said.

The Monroe man was died at the scene. State accident data shows that his death marked the 50th death since 1999 in crashes along U.S. 2 between Snohomish and Stevens Pass. Among all the fatal auto accidents in Washington along this stretch, 18 occurred in crossover collisions.
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A woman, apparently drunk, was driving the wrong way in her SUV on I-5 and caused a five-car collision in the southbound lanes of I-5 near Lynnwood. The Lynnwood SUV accident happened late Friday night, according to the Washington State Patrol.

The driver, a 44-year-old woman from Monroe, was the only one injured in the crash, said trooper Keith. She was taken to Providence Medical Center in Everett with possible neck injuries. She was also arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence, he said.

“The accident was reported at 10:33 p.m. beneath the I-405 bridge. The woman’s white sport utility vehicle was reported headed northbound in the southbound lanes from 196th Street SW”, Leary said.