Posts tagged Motor Vehicle Accidents

• Five Car Crash Closes Interstate 5

  Michael Myers | January 11, 2006 11:33 AM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A five car accident today on Interstate 5 blocked all northbound lanes of traffic and caused long backups. Two people were hospitalized following the collision. As of 11:15 a.m., police and emergency personnel were clearing the scene and investigating cause of the accident. More information about the accident can be found at the following link: Accident Snarls Traffic on I-5.While police...

• Van Filled With Soldiers Hits Car, Kills Passenger

  Michael Myers | January 06, 2006 10:23 AM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  On Wednesday, December 21, 2005 a minivan filled with seven soldiers en route to Sea-Tac Airport hit a car on Interstate 5, killing 23-year old Nichole Cook. Ms. Cook was in the car's front passenger seat. The driver of the car had drifted from the HOV lane into the guardrail, causing the vehicle to spin in the middle of the freeway. The driver of the car and two other passengers-including Ms....

• Renton Man Killed As Car Hits Parked Metro Bus

  Michael Myers | January 05, 2006 5:52 PM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A 44-year old Renton man was killed when the car he was riding in struck a parked Metro bus Wednesday morning. The driver of the vehicle, a 27-year old Seattle woman, drove into a Burien park and ride lot and hit the bus shortly after 2:00 a.m. The force of the impact threw the driver and passenger into the windshield. Neither was wearing a seat belt. Police are investigating whether alcohol...

• Three Car Accident in Bellingham Kills One, Injures Others

  Michael Myers | January 05, 2006 2:46 PM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A 33-year old woman was killed and two other drivers were hospitalized following a three car accident in Bellingham on Monday. Investigators indicated that the decedent was driving in the turn-only lane when she ran out of room and turned into oncoming traffic. She hit an oncoming vehicle head on and then spun down a hill and collided with an SUV. The injuries to the other parties were not...

• Teenager Run Over By Bus

  Michael Myers | January 05, 2006 2:35 PM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A 16-year old in Eatonville was injured this morning when a bus ran over her while she was on her way to school. The student was crossing an intersection in the middle of town at approximately 8:00 a.m. when she fell down. While she was on the ground the bus ran over her legs and trapped her beneath it. Emergency personnel eventually extricated the teen and transported her to Mary Bridge...

• Auto Accident Near Bremerton Airport Hospitalizes Two

  Michael Myers | January 05, 2006 12:28 PM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Two men were hospitalized Monday following a collision between a 1994 Ford Pickup and a 2004 Nissan Xterra on Highway 3 near Bremerton National Airport. The accident occurred when the driver of the Ford, an 83-year old man whose name was not disclosed, attempted to make a left turn across two lanes of southbound traffic. The Xterra driver, a 24 year old man, hit the brakes but was unable to...

• Three Children Injured in Tractor Accident

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

  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 Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  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 Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  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...

• Woman Killed in Accident on Viaduct

  Michael Myers | January 03, 2006 9:06 AM | 1 CommentSeattle, WA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  On Monday, January 2, 2006 Lyndsy Sansaver died after being thrown from the back seat of a blue Toyota that was involved in a single car accident on the Alaskan Way Viaduct in Seattle. Ms. Sansaver was 16 years old. The accident occurred at approximately 1:00 a.m. and closed northbound lanes on the viaduct for over five hours. Police investigating the accident stated that the driver of the...