Automobile Accidents

• Girls Injured Outside Bellevue High School

  Michael Myers | October 20, 2006 11:54 AM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  In September a van struck and injured two girls outside Bellevue High School. The two were rushed to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle. There are special rules of the road that relate to pedestrians. For instance, there are "white cane laws" that give special protections to blind persons. There are also special rules related to school zones. Pedestrians who are hit by by motorist are...

• Safety Issues with Airlift Northwest

  Michael Myers | October 19, 2006 9:36 AM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  Just over a year ago an Airlift Northwest helicopter plunged into Puget Sound near Edmonds. The crash killed the pilot and two flight nurses. A month after the first crash and Airlift Northwest helicopter crashed while taking off from the roof of Olympia's Providence St. Peter Hospital. Since then, company officials say they have begun implementing a plan aimed at improving the safety of the...

• I-5 Pile Up Claims One Life

  Michael Myers | October 18, 2006 3:36 PM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  A metal shelving unit fell from a vehicle onto northbound Interstate 5 causing a five-car collision that killed one person. The crash occurred on August 18th at approximately 11:15 a.m. on I-5 at near Northeast 175th Street in Shoreline, said State Patrol Trooper Kelly Spangler. Though officials were asking for the public's help in locating the vehicle that lost its load, Spangler said the...

• Police-Crash Driver had Drug Stash

  Michael Myers | October 18, 2006 11:44 AM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  A Pierce County woman accused of crashing a sport-utility vehicle into a Seattle police cruiser and killing rookie Officer Joselito "Lito" Barber on Sunday appeared to be intoxicated and had drugs stashed inside her body, according to court papers released Thursday.Even though the officer's family will receive benefits from the Department of Labor and Industries and various insurers, they also...

• Helicopter Crash Victim Indentified

  Michael Myers | October 18, 2006 11:41 AM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  The fourth victim of a helicopter crash that killed three Payette National Forest firefighters and their pilot was identified as thirty-four-year-old Lillian M. Patten of Olympia, Wash., who was part of the forests' Krassel Helitack operation. The three firefighters were flying to a remote guard station when the helicopter went down. Michael Gene Lewis of Cascade, Idaho, Monica Lee Zajanc of...

• Two Dead, Three Injured Near Pullman

  Michael Myers | October 17, 2006 4:07 PM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  Two men died and three others were injured in a one-car rollover crash on U.S. Highway 195 south of Pullman in September. The five were occupants of a sport-utility vehicle. The driver apparently lost control about four miles south of Pullman about 2:20 a.m.The patrol identified the dead as Fredi Perez-Araujo, 24, and Ramon F. Soto-Soto, 25, both of Clarkston. Luis O. Dominguez, 32, of...

• Teen Dies in Mill Creek Car Accident

  Michael Myers | October 17, 2006 2:49 PM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  In September an Everett teen died in Mill Creek when the car he was driving went into a ditch and then flew into a tree. The south Everett teen was pronounced dead at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle.Teenage drivers face a higher risk of fatal crashes, Washington Traffic Safety Commission spokeswoman Jonna VanDyk said. She said research shows that while teens make up only 7 percent of...

• Collision with Dump Truck Kills Seattle Teen

  Michael Myers | October 14, 2006 8:55 PM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  A Seattle teenager died after his family's Cadillac was struck by a dump truck on Interstate 5 in Federal Way. The accident happened on the northbound side of the freeway near the off-ramp to state Route 18. A 21-year-old woman was driving the Cadillac when she stopped on the side of the freeway just south of the onramp to 18. She next tried to merge back onto I-5. The Cadillac was then hit...

• Everson Teen Jennifer Boss Involved in Serious Accident

  Michael Myers | October 14, 2006 8:27 PM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  A Nooksack Valley High School student was in critical condition and could be paralyzed after undergoing spinal surgery to repair damage from a recent Highway 9 crash. Jennifer L. Boss, 16, of Everson had a fractured skull and concussion, a collapsed lung and severe spinal cord injuries, according to two of her close friends. They said doctors removed her appendix and spleen and stopped the...

• Rollover Accidents

  Michael Myers | October 14, 2006 8:18 PM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  The Government have indicates that new cars, SUVs and other vehicles will need to have anti-rollover technology by the 2012 model year. Predictions suggest that the change will prevent thousands of roadway deaths a year.In addition to raising the issue of potential product liability claims, rollover accidents can also implicate highway design claims. Before filing a lawsuit based on negligent...