Posts tagged Car Accidents

• Are Fixed-Gear Bikes Dangerous?

  Ryan Nute | September 27, 2007 4:37 PM | 0 CommentsTacoma, WA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Read more: Erica Barnett, The StrangerThe recent death of a bicyclist in Seattle is raising questions about the safety of "fixed-gear" bikes (that is, bikes where the cog on the rear wheel is attached directly to the hub rather than spinning freely).http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Content?oid=322254The problem with these bikes is described in a recent article in The Stranger. Some cyclists...

• Passenger Killed in High-Speed Crash in Tacoma

  Ryan Nute | November 02, 2007 10:20 AM | 0 CommentsTacoma, WA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Two men were killed early Sunday morning in a car crash on Tacoma's East Side. The driver, Godwin Adeniyi, 23, lost control of the car after going through the intersection of East 96th and A streets, crashing the car into a tree.Adeniyi was transported to a hospital, where he died shortly after arriving. The passenger, Juan Arce Jr., 21, died at the scene of the accident. Arce was a private...

• Maria's Law

  Michael Myers | April 14, 2006 1:44 PM | 0 CommentsTacoma, WA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  The Seattle Times reported today on the new laws brought about by the tragic accident involving Maria Federici. Ms. Federici was blinded and disfigured when a piece of an entertainment center flew off the truck in front of her and smashed through her windshield.The Seattle Times reported,Last May, Gov. Christine Gregoire signed into law House Bill 1478 -- also known as "Maria's Law" -- which...

• Passengers Injured in Sumner Crash

  Chelsea Gilbert | December 28, 2007 2:08 PM | 0 CommentsTacoma, WA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  On Christmas Eve a 35-year old man was killed and two men were critically injured in a car crash on West Valley Highway in Sumner, Washington. According to the police, the driver was speeding, lost control, crossed into oncoming traffic and then hit a tree. The driver was declared dead at the scene of the accident; the two passengers were transported to Harborview Medical Center. Alcohol was...

• Deadly Crash on I-5 Highlights Important Issue for Injured Workers

  Michael Myers | December 17, 2007 1:48 PM | 0 CommentsTacoma, WA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  I was looking through my email and found an alert from KIRO. It described an accident that happened on Friday involving a DOT truck. During the morning commute last Friday an SUV slammed into a Department of Transportation worker's truck on Interstate 5 in Fife. The collision killed the SUV driver, Roy P. Fuentes, and injured the 56-year-old State worker, David Ball. Ball was outside of...

• Post-Collision Car Fire in Thurston County

  Ryan Nute | February 02, 2008 6:40 PM | 0 CommentsTacoma, WA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Sometimes accidents and injuries arise from a combination of factors--not just negligent driving. It's important not to overlook any potential cause in a serious injury accident.Two people were killed in a car accident in Thurston County early Sundy morning. According to the Washington State Patrol the 1997 Pontiac Grand Am was traveling northbound on SR 101 at about 1:30 a.m. when it veered to...

• Drunk Driver Causes Crash and Personal Injuries

  Mark McLean | June 25, 2007 10:40 AM | 0 CommentsTacoma, WA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A drunk driver caused a crash along I-5 in Federal Way, causing personal injuries to 6 victims. Six people were injured in an apparent drunk driving accident that blocked part of I-5 for several hours Sunday night.Police say a northbound van with four people inside crashed into a guardrail and flew down an embankment on the freeway near 300th Street in Federal Way just before 8 o'clock.The...

• Teen Struck, Killed by Truck While Snowmobiling in Duvall

  Ryan Nute | January 01, 2007 1:41 PM | 2 CommentsTacoma, WA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Eighteen-year hold Kyle Hamilton was killed when a pickup driven by a classmate struck the snowmobile he was riding. The driver of the pickup was arrested. A passenger on the snowmobile was also injured.Reportedly the crash occurred when Hamlton and a passenger were being followed by the pickup when its lights went out and the driver could not see it. Read more: Seatte P-I

• Pet Injured in Head on Crash

  Michael Myers | January 28, 2008 11:35 AM | 0 CommentsTacoma, WA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  More and more people are driving with pets in their cars. That means more and more pets are being injured in motor vehicle accidents. A poodle riding in a pickup truck was seriously injured when a driver traveling the opposite direction on State Route 515 crossed the center line and hit the pickup head on. The pickup driver, a 48-year old woman from Kent, and her passenger, a 49-year old man...

• Two Planes Collide Over Washington

  Jenny Albano | November 20, 2007 9:36 PM | 0 CommentsTacoma, WA Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  On Tuesday, November 20, two planes collided in mid-air over Washington. One of the planes landed safely at an airstrip nearby and the other plane crashed into Commencement Bay.An officer from the Coast guard claimed that two people who crashed in the water were recovered by boaters, but their condition was not immediately known.The other plane did not crash, but landed at the Thun Field in...