Automobile Accidents

• Tacoma Man Dies in Auto Accident.

  Michael Myers | August 27, 2006 6:23 PM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  A Tacoma man died Friday night at Harborview Medical Center from injuries he suffered in an accident that killed his wife on Interstate 90 on Friday. Hoa Lam, 31, was a passenger in a 1994 Acura driven by his wife, Hgan Thi Than, 27, of Olympia. Than was driving west when she crossed into the eastbound lanes and went over the guardrail about six miles east of Ellensburg about 10:15 a.m.,...

• Jaywalking Man Killed on Aurora

  Michael Myers | August 27, 2006 1:00 PM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  A man trying to walk across Aurora Avenue North was hit and killed by a vehicle Friday night. The man, in his mid-50s, apparently was jaywalking near North 115th Street when he was hit at about 9 p.m. by a female driver, according to Seattle Police. The man was not using a nearby crosswalk, police said.Washington is what's called a pure comparative fault state. Even if the injured person was...

• Hit and Run Driver Injures Bicyclist

  Michael Myers | August 27, 2006 12:59 PM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  A 28-year-old bicyclist was badly injured in a collision with a sport utility vehicle at the intersection of 20th Avenue and Union Street. The woman was taken to Harborview Medical Center with injuries to her face, body and arms, as well as possible internal injuries. When a pedestrian or bicyclist is struck by a motor vehicle, the pedestrian or bicyclist can recover medical expenses under the...

• State Trooper Crashes Into Driver

  Michael Myers | August 27, 2006 8:07 AM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  A state trooper was involved in an injury accident on an Interstate 5 onramp. Trooper Nick King, 28, suffered a concussion in Monday's accident and is recovering at home. King's patrol car rear-ended a Seattle man's Mazda Miata on the southbound onramp from 236th Street Southwest and state Route 104. Leonard Whitfield, the other driver, was treated at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle. ...

• Single-car wreck kills woman, injures 3 others near Ellensburg

  Michael Myers | August 27, 2006 8:06 AM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  A woman died and three others were hospitalized after a single-car accident on Interstate 90 Friday morning. Hgan Thi Than, 27, of Olympia was driving west in a 1994 Acura when she crossed into the eastbound lanes and went over the guardrail about six miles east of Ellensburg at about 10:15 a.m., according to the Washington State Patrol. There are many potential causes of one-car accidents. ...

• Two Injured in Parking Garage

  Michael Myers | August 26, 2006 8:26 PM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  Two people were pinned by a car in a downtown parking garage. The accident happened at the Medical Dental Building at 1629 Sixth Ave., where a parking attendant and a customer were hurt when a Lexus sedan suddenly barreled backward while exiting the garage and pinned them against a wall, Seattle police reported. One victim, a woman in her 50s, and the 21-year-old male parking attendant,...

• Debris Causes Accident on I-5

  Michael Myers | August 26, 2006 8:21 PM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  A 22-year-old Everett man is in custody after his Ford pickup truck lost its load, killing one person and injuring several others northbound on Interstate 5. The fatal five-vehicle collision occurred when a metal shelving unit fell out of the truck bed. As mentioned in prior blog entries, Washington has strict laws about securing loads. There are heavy fines and expansive civil liability for...

• Fatal Accident in Shoreline

  Michael Myers | August 26, 2006 8:11 PM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  A fatal collision and a semi-truck fire in Shoreline snarled I-5 between Seattle to Everett. Investigators believe a metal shelving unit fell from the back of a pickup. A Honda Civic reportedly traveling behind him swerved to avoid the shelving, crossed into the left lane and was hit broadside by a Lincoln Town Car. The driver of the Honda died at the scene.Serious accidents on the state...

• Boyfriend and Girlfriend Killed in Wreck

  Michael Myers | August 26, 2006 9:45 AM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  Authorities confirmed that a 21-year-old Navy sailor has died from injuries received in a one-car crash near Lake Tahuyeh that also killed his girlfriend. The sailor was identified as Anthony Garecht, 21, formerly of Lodi, Calif. He was a seaman apprentice aboard the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis, based in Bremerton. His girlfriend was identified as Hope Christina Graham, 21. She is...

• Crash On Viaduct Injures Two People

  Michael Myers | August 26, 2006 4:10 AM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  Two men were taken to Harborview Medical Center early this morning after a two-car collision on the Alaskan Way Viaduct. Two cars crashed into each other in the viaduct's southbound lanes near Pier 48, with one of the vehicles striking a guardrail just south of the Columbia Street onramp. A pedestrian walking on a street below the viaduct was struck by falling debris. The pedestrian may...