Automobile Accidents

• Three Children Injured in Tractor Accident

  Michael Myers | January 05, 2006 11:59 AM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  Three children and their mother were injured in a tractor accident last week in Custer, Washington. The children were riding on the tractor with a family friend when the vehicle hit a tree and flipped on top of them. The children’s mother attempted to free them but became trapped under the tractor as well. The children were four, five and seven-years old. One child was airlifted to...

• Update on Man Killed in Collision on Highway 2

  Michael Myers | January 04, 2006 2:08 PM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  Members of Richard Montgomery's family and church congregation continue to mourn the death of the 56-year-old man who was killed Monday in an auto accident on Highway 2. Mr. Montgomery was driving with his 17-year-old son, William Wicker, when a minivan crossed the center line and hit his vehicle head on. Mr. Montgomery and his wife, Dixie, worked as Christian missionaries in Haiti during the...

• Update on Teen Killed in Viaduct Accident

  Michael Myers | January 04, 2006 12:54 PM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  Police have released further details about the accident that killed 16-year-old Lyndsy Sansaver last Monday morning. Ms. Sansaver was a passenger in the back seat of a Toyota who was thrown from the vehicle when the driver lost control on the Alaskan Way Viaduct. Witnesses called 911 at approximately 1:00 a.m. on Monday morning and told dispatchers that the Toyota was speeding as it entered...

• Two Men Killed In Crash on Highway 2

  Michael Myers | January 03, 2006 8:30 AM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  Two men were killed and a passenger was injured in a head-on collision on Highway 2 between Sultan and Monroe. The accident occurred on Monday, January 2, 2006 at approximately 10:15 a.m. Authorities identified the drivers of the vehicles involved as Richard Montgomery of Monroe and Roy Griffin of Gold Bar. Mr. Montgomery was 56 years old and Mr. Griffin was 76 years old.The dangers of...

• Pedestrian in Critical Condition After Auto Accident

  Michael Myers | December 05, 2005 5:15 PM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  A 22 year old Seattle man suffered life-threatening injuries on Friday night when he was struck by a Honda near the Northgate Mall. The victim had stepped into a crosswalk at the intersection of First Avenue Northeast and Northeast 103rd Street when the accident occurred. There was no crossing signal at the intersection but police investigating the accident indicated that the pedestrian had...

• HWY 92 Auto Accident Injures Two

  Michael Myers | November 29, 2005 5:03 PM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  A car accident on Sunday morning involving a 46-year-old Everett man and a 28-year-old Everett man left both drivers in the hospital. The 46-year-old driver apparently pulled his vehicle westbound onto Highway 92 from 99th Avenue NE and struck the 28-year-old, who was driving a Ford pickup and towing another vehicle. The collision sent the Ford and the car it was towing through the guardrail...

• Nine Car Accidents, 30 Vehicles Clog I-5

  Michael Myers | November 29, 2005 3:44 PM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  Shortly after 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, November 29, 2005 at least 30 cars were involved in nine separate accidents over a half mile stretch of northbound Interstate 5 near Arlington. The Washington State Patrol shut down all northbound lanes of I-5 for two hours after the accident. Traffic was stopped for eight miles to the south. Police investigating the collisions attributed them to a wall of...

• Motorcycle Accidents Increase Among Baby Boomers

  Michael Myers | November 22, 2005 10:49 AM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  As baby boomers look for ways to spend their disposable income, they are buying motorcycles in ever increasing numbers. Americans over 40 constitute the largest group of motorcycle owners in the country. Unfortunately, this increase in motorcycle ownership also corresponds with an increase in fatal motorcycle accidents. Government statistics show that last year motorcyclists over 40 accounted...

• Mother, Daughter Victims of Hit & Run Accident

  Michael Myers | November 16, 2005 2:28 PM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  On Monday, November 14, 2005 an Everett woman and her five year-old daughter were struck from behind by a dark pickup while they were walking to school. The pickup fled the scene and Everett police continue to search for the driver. Click the following link to learn more information about the accident: Hit and Run Accident Injures Five Year-Old Girl Situations such as this one illustrate the...

• Serious Accident on SR 522 Caused by Deer

  Michael Myers | November 15, 2005 3:28 PM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  On Saturday, November 12, 2005 a deer in the road caused a collision between a Jeep Cherokee and a small, four-door Ford on State Route 522 near Monroe. The driver of the Jeep swerved to avoid the deer and crossed the center line, hitting the Ford head on. In total, there were nine people involved in the accident, five in the Ford and four in the Jeep.A 79 year old grandmother named Marjorie...