Automobile Accidents

• Two Pedestrians Injured

  Michael Myers | October 29, 2006 4:11 PM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  On October 25, 2006 two women were seriously injured. They were both pedestrians. One was 19 and the other was 43 years old. Both were treated at Harborview in Seattle.The accidents were blamed on bad weather. But drivers need to adjust their driving when the weather makes visibility difficult. The pedestrians can make both personal injury claims against the drivers under their liability...

• Man Dies in Oak Harbor Crash--Woman Injured

  Michael Myers | October 29, 2006 3:37 PM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  An Oak Harbor man died Friday as the result of a car accident south of Oak Harbor on Highway 20. When he was about a mile south of Oak Harbor, he veered to the left and crossed the center line into oncoming traffic, according to the State Patrol. While in the southbound lane, he collided with a 2005 Pontiac GTO driven by 63-year-old Silverdale resident Laurine Armstrong. In accidents like...

• Dump Truck v. Pickup on Highway 2

  Michael Myers | October 29, 2006 3:13 PM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  An accident involving a dump truck and a pickup closed Highway 2 in both directions between Everett and SnohomishA 51-year-old Snohomish man, Gregory Solberg, who had been driving the pickup, was transported to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle with life-threatening injuries. The dump truck was headed eastbound on Highway 2 when it struck the pickup, which was attempting to enter Highway 2...

• Two Injured in Parking Lot Accident

  Michael Myers | October 24, 2006 9:07 AM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  A parking attendant and a female customer suffered severe leg injuries when a car rolled backwards down a ramp at a downtown Seattle parking garage, pinning them against a wall. The driver of the car was trying to exit the garage at 6th Avenue near Olive Way when the vehicle began rolling backwards down the steep ramp. Both were taken by medic unit to Harborview Medical Center. Firefighters...

• State Motorist Deaths Reflect National Increase

  Michael Myers | October 23, 2006 12:53 PM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  Traffic deaths in Washington state increased sharply in 2005, part of a broader national trend that saw road fatalities nationwide reach their highest level since 1990. In Washington state last year, 647 people died in vehicle crashes, a substantial increase from the 567 deaths recorded the prior year. The biggest reason was an increase in alcohol-related deaths, according to research analyst...

• Is Excess Weight Shortening Your Life Span?

  Michael Myers | October 23, 2006 12:45 PM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  Ten years ago, the AARP surveyed more than half a million members about their weight, height and medical histories. The point was to study the relationship between body mass index, or BMI, and the risk of early death. The results of the study were published in the New England Journal of Medicine. At the time the surveys were mailed out, physician Tim Byers says that the concern about...

• Kent Police Sergeant Injured in Rollover Accident

  Michael Myers | October 22, 2006 2:11 PM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  A Kent police sergeant was injured in a one-car rollover accident. The sergeant, an 11-year veteran of the force, was pursuing a 1994 Honda northbound on Interstate 5 when he deliberately bumped the suspect vehicle in an attempt to make the driver spin and stall. Instead, the officer spun out of control and rolled numerous times. The officer suffered a head wound and was taken to Harborview...

• Does Driver's Ed. Need a Re-Evaluation?

  Michael Myers | October 22, 2006 6:21 AM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  Of all the classes students take, driver's ed may be the only one designed to keep them alive. Yet the typical course isn't winning raves from accident and safety experts. The National Transportation Safety Board found in 2005 that the standard course hasn't changed much in 50 years, was designed arbitrarily, and isn't preparing teens for the road. Nearly 6,000 teens were killed and 303,000...

• "Maria's Law" May Apply in Fatal Accident

  Michael Myers | October 22, 2006 5:29 AM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  A 21-year-old Everett man arrested after a fatal chain-reaction crash on Interstate 5 on Friday, August 18, could be the first person to be charged under the state's year-old "Maria's Law," which makes failure to secure a load a criminal act when someone is injured or killed. The law is named for Maria Federici, a Renton woman blinded and permanently disfigured when a piece of particle board...

• Maria's Law Charge for Unsecured Load

  Michael Myers | October 20, 2006 11:55 AM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  King County prosecutors have charged an Everett man and his grandfather with failure to secure a load that caused a fatal accident on Interstate 5 at Shoreline. The prosecutor's office says this is the first time Maria's Law has been used in Washington. It's named for Maria Federici, who was blinded in 2004 by an object that crashed through her windshield. Traffic citations--and, in fact, the...