Automobile Accidents

• Port Angeles RV Crash Leaves Driver Killed

  Mark McLean | July 25, 2007 4:44 PM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  The driver of an RV involved in a crash in Port Angeles died last week. Lonnie Owens, 51, from Fair Grove, Mo., was taken to Harborview for critical injuries Tuesday after the brakes on his RV failed as he and his family were leaving Hurricane Ridge in Olympic National Park, fire officials said.The crash resulted from a multiple-car accident concluding with the RV falling down a 25 foot gully. ...

• Jet Ski Accident Kills Kitsap Peninsula Couple

  Mark McLean | July 25, 2007 4:32 PM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  A jet ski accident near Brownsville in Port Orchard Bay killed a newlywed couple last week. Ken Bayne, 47, died Wednesday at Harborview Medical Center from injuries he sustained July 15 in the Jet Ski accident near Brownsville that killed his newlywed wife.Bayne and his wife, Jeanette (McClister) Bayne were riding on a 2007 Kawasaki Jet Ski Sunday afternoon in Port Orchard Bay near Brownsville...

• I-5 Crash Results in Wrongful Death

  Mark McLean | July 25, 2007 4:26 PM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  Reckless driving and faulty cable barriers caused a multi-car accident on I-5 in Milton Sunday, leaving one person killed.Police said witnesses told the Washington State Patrol the driver left the road, hit cable barriers, and crashed through a median into oncoming traffic, hitting three vehicles.The driver of the Acura was pronounced dead at the scene. One other driver was transported to the...

• STP Cyclist Struck By Drunk Driver

  Mark McLean | July 17, 2007 8:30 AM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  24 year old Gerald Marvin was struck by a drunk driver while competing in the Seattle to Portland ("STP") bicycle race on Saturday. Gerald Marvin, 24, of Seattle suffered serious injuries when the driver of a sport utility vehicle swerved out of his lane on U.S. 30 northwest of Portland. Struck from behind, Marvin slammed into two other cyclists, who suffered minor injuries.Police pulled over a...

• Insurance Company Settles $20 Million Claim For Bad Faith

  Mark McLean | July 12, 2007 5:43 PM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  A Pennsylvania Insurance Company agreed to pay $20 million dollars to settle a bad faith lawsuit after it refused to settle a valid claim. A drunk driver left Joseph Tuski a quadriplegic after striking his vehicle. Mr. Tuski sued the driver and the tavern that overserved him. The tavern's insurance company knew of the extent of Mr. Tuski's injuries and its the tavern's liability, yet refused...

• Bothell Man Killed Due to Loose Truck Wheel

  Mark McLean | July 11, 2007 4:47 PM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  John Ellis, a 31 year old Bothell resident, was the latest victim in a string of accidents caused by defective loose truck wheels. Ellis was killed when a loose truck wheel's assembly bounced onto an SUV he was driving. Mr. Ellis' wrongful death was the latest in a string of accidents caused by these defective truck wheels.Washington's Products Liability Act contains consumer-friendly laws...

• Boating Accident Kills Selah Man

  Mark McLean | July 11, 2007 4:30 PM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  Jeremy Conklin, a 22 year old Selah man, was killed in a boating accident in Lake Hvasu, Arizona over the weekend.According to a Mojave County Sheriff's Office news release, the boat Conklin and five others were in flipped several times while turning to avoid another boat. Nearby boaters plucked the five other passengers from the water. Investigators believe speed, and perhaps alcohol, played a...

• 8 Suffer Personal Injuries in White Center Accident

  Mark McLean | July 11, 2007 12:22 PM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  8 people suffered personal injuries in a t-bone car accident in White Center last Friday when a Honda Civic swerved into a Volvo. Seven of the eight injured people were taken to the hospital. Six of them had minor injuries to the head, neck and back.The most seriously injured was a passenger who was riding in the back seat of the Volvo at the time. That man, who is in his 20s, has taken to...

• Forks Car Accident Causes Personal Injuries

  Mark McLean | July 09, 2007 12:52 PM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  A woman driving a ford sedan struck another vehicle head-on near Forks recently, causing serious personal injuries. The man was airlifted to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle. Reports say a westbound Ford sedan driven by 33-year old Elizabeth Tapia of Forks entered a left hand curve and veered over the center line.Troopers say Tapia's car collided head-on in the eastbound lane with a Chevy...

• Police Car Strikes Pedestrian, Causes Injuries

  Mark McLean | July 06, 2007 7:26 PM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  A Mercer Island Police Officer struck a pedestrian in a crosswalk, leaving him in serious condition.The Mercer Island man struck by a police vehicle driven by a Mercer Island police officer Wednesday night was in serious condition at Harborview Medical Center Thursday.The man was in the crosswalk at Island Crest Way and North Mercer Way on Mercer Island Wednesday night when he was hit by the...