Automobile Accidents

• Mycologist Hit by Flying Refrigerator--PIP Coverage and Mushroom Picking Collide Along Whatcom County Roadway

  Chelsea Gilbert | October 18, 2007 8:00 AM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  On Friday afternoon an RV hit a tree off Sumas-Kendall Road and injured three people. According to the Washington State Patrol, the RV was being driven by a 50-year old man. Just before 4 p.m. the RV veered off the roadway, down an embankment and collided with a tree. The cause of the collision remains under investigation. A portable refrigerator was thrown from the RV during the collision and...

• Seattle Bar Could be Held Liable in Tragic I-5 Crash

  Michael Myers | October 17, 2007 10:45 AM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  The mother of the Eric Hillstrom, 18, who was seriously injured in a collision, caused by a drunk driver speeding down Interstate 5 in the wrong direction, said Friday, " [The accident] was 100 percent preventable."Cerrissa Christensen, the woman who caused the crash that left a woman (Hillstrom's girlfriend) dead and Hillstrom seriously injured, should never have been allowed on the road in the...

• Drunk Driver Causes Four-Vehicle Crash, Could Face Criminal and Negligence Charges

  Michael Myers | October 15, 2007 1:56 PM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  According to police, the driver who smashed into the back of 2005 Toyota Solara on Interstate 405 in Bothell, causing a four-vehicle accident, had empty liquor bottles and "large amounts" of beer inside of his truck. The driver also admitted to police at the scene that he had been drinking alcohol. Driving a 1997 Dodge pickup, the intoxicated man failure to slow with the flow of traffic and...

• Insurance Companies Under Scrutiny for Unfair Valuation Methods

  Michael Myers | October 11, 2007 9:42 AM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  Most people assume that if they are ever in a car accident and their vehicle is totaled, they will receive its fair market value. However, car owners who deal with State Farm Auto Insurance and other carriers may not necessarily receive what their vehicle's really worth. Some car owners are now investigating the possibility of a lawsuit against State Farm and other carriers based on their unfair...

• Truck Accident in Lynnwood, Washington Kills One, Injures Two

  Michael Myers | October 10, 2007 8:00 AM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  One young man died and two more were injured in a truck accident near Lynnwood early Sunday morning. Andrew R. Stahley, 22, died. Joshua Kevin Parker, 20, was treated at a nearby hospital and released. Johnny Lee Miler, 27, was transported to Harborview Medical Center. According to the State Patrol, the truck left the roadway, hit the guardrail and flipped over. Two of the men, including...

• Tensions Between Cars & Bicyclists Remain in the Forefront of Public Concern

  Chelsea Gilbert | October 03, 2007 1:32 PM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  The recent fatality of 19-year-old bicyclist, Bryce Lewis, was clearly on the minds of those participating in Seattle's monthly gathering of cyclists' at Westlake Center, called Critical Mass.Critical Mass happens on the last Friday of every month and is an unstructured event that is a sort of peaceful protest. The event promotes the benefits of commuting on a bicycle, rather than in a car, and...

• Sailor Dies in Kitsap County Car Crash

  Michael Myers | October 01, 2007 2:57 PM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  Two young servicemen were involved in a fatal car crash in the early hours of the morning on September 29th. The passenger in the car, a 20-year old sailor who had severed on the Bremerton-based USS John C. Stennis, died after the car he was riding in hit a utility pole and two large trees. The driver, a 19-year old male who was assigned to the same aircraft carrier, was transported to...

• Teen Driver Violated Intermediate Licensing Statute, May Face Criminal Charges

  Michael Myers | September 29, 2007 8:15 AM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  Less than a week after receiving his driver's license, a teen driver who remains unidentified will likely have charges of vehicular assault brought against him. The teen driver (with four other passengers, all teenagers) was reportedly speeding, driving about 70-mph in a 35-mph zone. The speeding driver failed to stop at a stop sign and swerved abruptly when he saw an oncoming car, sending his...

• Algona pays $1.8 Million to Widow for 1999 Drunk Driving Fatality

  Chelsea Gilbert | September 21, 2007 8:00 AM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  Eight years after her husband was killed by drunk driver, Tracy Enoch-Jevne, widow Susan McGuire received a $1.8 million settlement from the city of Algona. The settlement stems from McGuire's claim that the woman who hit her husband on December 2, 1999 should have been in jail at the time of the accident. Enoch-Jevne already had four drunken-driving convictions on her record, accrued between...

• Hot Topic: Bike Safety in Urban Environments

  Chelsea Gilbert | September 20, 2007 8:00 AM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  The recent rash of bike-car collisions, including the recent death of a young Seattle bicyclist in a collision with a dump truck, has brought a renewed focus to bike safety. While it is easy to assign blame in these collisions, to a rider who didn't wear a helmet or a driver who didn't correctly yield, it is more productive to focus on changes that can be made to prevent future bike-car...