Posts tagged Car Accidents

• Bike to Work Day

  Ryan Nute | May 18, 2007 8:52 AM | 0 CommentsTacoma, WA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Today is Bike to Work Day across the nation! Last year an estimated 10,000 bicyclists participated in Bike-to-Work Day in the Puget Sound region. I don't live too far away from my office, so I ride to work every day. While I enjoy the commute, riding in the city can be pretty dangerous if you're not paying attention (even if you are). As an article from King-5 notes, the busy construction...

• Toddler Accidentally Run Over by Family Member

  Ryan Nute | May 16, 2007 8:33 AM | 0 CommentsTacoma, WA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  18-month old Mariana Lopez was struck and killed, apparently after a family member accidentally backed over her.The accident occurred the 26200 block of 195th Place Southeast in the Covington area of southeast King County. The girl was admitted to Harborview Medical Center but died from her injuries. Police are still investigating the accident.This very sad case is made even more complicated...

• Bizarre Attack by Motor Vehicle in Lakewood Injures Crowd

  Ryan Nute | May 16, 2007 8:20 AM | 0 CommentsTacoma, WA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  John Derrek Clark is in the Pierce County Jail after driving his girlfriend's car into a crowd of people at a Lakewood, Washington apartment complex, injuring several.Apparently this bizarre incident happened after Mr. Clark got into an argument with his girlfriend and was told to slow down while speeding through the apartment complex's parking lot. A fistfight ensued, Mr. Clark got back into...

• Burien Collision Kills Elderly Woman in Crosswalk

  Ryan Nute | May 16, 2007 8:16 AM | 0 CommentsTacoma, WA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Police are looking for the driver who struck an elderly woman on Tuesday in Burien, Washington and left the scene of the motor vehicle accident. The woman has been identifed as 81-year old Valerie Glass.The collision happened yesterday afternoon at Southwest 134th Street and Ambaum Boulevard Southwest. The woman was in a marked crosswalk. One car stopped, but another car in the next lane did...

• Njie Fa-Bakary Identified as Kenmore Crash Victim

  Ryan Nute | April 13, 2007 4:59 PM | 0 CommentsTacoma, WA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Mr. Fa-Bakary was killed Monday in a collision involving a dump truck in Kenmore, Washington.The accident occurred at Northeast Bothell Way and 83rd Place Northeast. The accident is still under investigation by the King County Sheriff's Office.Little more has apparently been reported at this time.Read more: Brad Wong, Seattle P-I

• Intoxicated Driver Charged With Vehicular Homicide

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

  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...

• Collision Injures Metro Bus Passenger

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

  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 Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  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 Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  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 Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  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...