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• Suicide in Thurson County Jail

  Ryan Nute | April 13, 2007 4:33 PM | 0 CommentsTacoma, WA

  A 48-year old man charged with attempted first-degree murder and several other crimes apparently committed suicide in the Pierce County Jail Wednesday. Reportedly he was facing life in prison under Washington's "Three Strikes" law.According to the Sheriff's office the man was not on a suicide watch and had not been a concern.Unfortunately, people in jail or in prison can easily be suicide...

• Intoxicated Driver Charged With Vehicular Homicide

  Ryan Nute | April 13, 2007 4:06 PM | 0 CommentsTacoma, WA

  26-year old Jeremy Cole was killed in a September 23, 2006 crash which occurred when the driver drove off an overpass and struck a guardrail in Olympia, Washington. The driver was arrested Tuesday on vehicular homicide charges. Reportedly a witness saw her drinking at a Lacey bar shortly after getting in the car.Witnesses indicate that the driver, Kaylin Burgett, may have been intoxicated if...

• Pool Safety Questioned in Woman's Drowning

  Ryan Nute | April 04, 2007 12:26 PM | 0 CommentsTacoma, WA

  Candice Green was learning how to swim at the Tukwila Pool when--for reasons which are not entirely clear--she drowned in the deep end. Ms. Green's family says she was a beginning swimmer who wanted to learn how to swim for her upcoming honeymoon in Mexico.The article indicates she was swimming alone with some type of a weight. The City notes that at least three lifeguards were on duty and...

• Collision Injures Metro Bus Passenger

  Ryan Nute | March 30, 2007 4:46 PM | 0 CommentsTacoma, WA

  A Seattle woman was injured and taken to Highline Community Hospital after the bus she was in was struck by a Mercedes which crossed the center line of Highway 202 on Thursday.The collision occurred at SE 47th Street near Fall City, Washington. Fortunately, the other occupants of the bus were uninjured. The driver was arrested for vehicular assault.Read more: Seattle Times

• Shane Wyrsch Killed by Drunk and Unlicensed Driver

  Ryan Nute | March 30, 2007 4:30 PM | 0 CommentsTacoma, WA

  I don't know why I am surprised when I read stories like this, but I am. A convicted felon is accused of driving drunk without a valid license in connection with a head-on collision on Highway 410 near Buckley, Washington. Mr. Wyrsch, a Forest Service law enforcement officer, was killed.Kenneth Clark, the defendant, apparently crossed the center line and struck Mr. Wyrsch's vehicle. The...

• Husband Arrested, Wife Injured in SUV-Ambulance Crash

  Ryan Nute | March 12, 2007 7:18 PM | 0 CommentsTacoma, WA

  An SUV vs. ambulance accident last Sunday which seriously injured a woman riding in the SUV as a passenger. The driver, her husband, was arrested but has not been charged. The State Patrol reports alcohol was a factor.The accident occurred whent the SUV went through a stop sign and struck a Medic One ambulance. Some of the occupants of the ambulance were injured as well. The SUV driver's...

• Eight-Car Pileup in Bellevue; Curious Driver Rear-Ended

  Ryan Nute | March 09, 2007 10:45 AM | 0 CommentsTacoma, WA

  Traffic on SR 520 became a parking lot this morning after a driver reportedly slowed to look at a two-car crash on the side of the road to which the state patrol had responded. Apparently the following drivers did not slow and the chain reaction crash resulted.One of the vehicles was driven by someone with a suspended license.It's interesting that the authorities seem to think the curious...

• Shorecrest High School Students Seriously Injured in Collision

  Ryan Nute | March 08, 2007 9:41 AM | 0 CommentsTacoma, WA

  Four teens were injured yesterday in Seatle when their 1989 Ford Probe was struck by a pickup making a lane change. Their car struck a power pole. The teens were seriously injured and taken to Harborview Medical Center.The accident is being investigated along with the possibiilty that the pickup's driver, Gregory L. Kindall, made and unsafe lane change.The teens were identified as Craig E....

• Wapato Lake Park Collision Injures Two

  Ryan Nute | March 08, 2007 9:26 AM | 0 CommentsTacoma, WA

  A two-car accident occurred last Thursday when a driver ran a red light at South 72nd Street and Sheridan Avenue. The driver has since died of his injuries. The other driver was also hurt in the collision.The collision happened after the first driver entered the intersection and his vehicle was "T-boned" by the second driver in an SUV.As you might expect, the driver who has a light in his...

• Falling Wall Injures Construction Workers in Bremerton

  Ryan Nute | March 07, 2007 9:58 AM | 0 CommentsTacoma, WA

  An 8-foot wall at a residential construction site fell last Monday, injuring two workers. The second-story wall apparently fell when the supporting jacks slipped.The accident occurred in the 10200 block of Central Valley Road NW at about 10 a.m. Two workers crawled out from under the wall and a third was pulled out by fire crews. The injured workers were transported to Harrison Medical Center...