While motor vehicle safety features may have improved over the years, from improving seat belts, air bags and crumple zones, that does not mean that a serious car crash in Seattle cannot lead to severe injuries. And, despite these improvements, according to one report...
News: Collision partially blocks I-5 off-ramp at SR-528
MARYSVILLE, WA - An early afternoon collision caused delays for commuters on I-5 on Friday. According to a tweet by Washington State DoT, the collision took place shortly before 1:30 p.m. along the southbound off-ramp to State Route 528. On the I-5 southbound...
News: Seattle RV fire leaves 1 seriously injured
SEATTLE, WA - A man was rushed to the hospital following a mobile home fire in Seattle on Friday afternoon, KOMO reports. Firefighters responded to an RV fire sometime before 2 p.m. near the intersection of Airport Way South and South Snoqualmie Street. Firefighters...
Experts see dangerous driving trends in Seattle
Residents of Seattle and the rest of Washington have been eagerly anticipating the end of the ongoing health crisis. Now that the end appears to be clearly in sight, many people have been wondering about how the pandemic may have changed our behaviors. One area that...
Serious car accidents may be on the rise in the Seattle area
Most Seattle area drivers understand the importance of driving safely. Few things are worth the risk that speeding, distracted driving, or dangerous driving can bring. Experts are saying that Seattle area speeding has increased which may lead to more serious...
News: 4 hospitalized after multi-car crash on SR-17 near Othello
ADAMS CO., WA - Four people were hospitalized yesterday evening after a multi-vehicle crash on SR-17, five miles south of the town of Othello. #Breaking - 4 car injury collision blocking SR17 MP24 (5 miles south of Othello in Adams County). Troopers and aid on scene....
News: Distracted driver fatally strikes stranded motorist on I-5 in Tacoma
TACOMA, WA - A motorist was fatally struck on I-5 this morning as he changed a tire in the right-hand shoulder, KIRO reports. The fatal collision took place in collector-divider section at S 38th Street at about 9:20 a.m. on Monday, May 10. Washington State Patrol...
News: Woman killed in 2-car crash in Hobart
HOBART, WA - A woman was killed yesterday night when she was thrown from her vehicle following a two-car collision on Highway 18, KIRO reports. The collision occurred in the highway's westbound lanes ahead of Issaquah-Hobart Road sometime before 11:13 p.m. on Sunday,...
News: Freight train incident nearly kills two
DECEPTION FALLS, WA - A train incident nearly took the lives of two people Thursday morning, reports King 5. A man and woman were walking to the train trestle on Deception Creek around 10 a.m. when they had an encounter with a train heading west. The nature of the...
News: Accident kills driver on Bothell Way in Kenmore
KENMORE, WA - An accident on Bothell Way in Kenmore killed the driver and hospitalized the passenger on Sunday, reports KIRO 7. The vehicle strayed off the road an into an embankment, trapping the driver and passenger inside. The two were extricated by emergency...