Jeffrey D. Messing, 50, dies after motorcycle collision at I-405 exit ramp to Highway 527 in Bothell, Washington
Bothell man hurt in car-motorcycle crash dies
Troopers listed “following too close” as the preliminary cause, the memo said.
A Bothell man who was critically injured in a car-motorcycle crash Friday has died. Jeffrey D. Messing, 50, was transported to Harborview Medical Center after the Friday afternooon crash. Messing was slowing his motorcycle on the I-405 exit ramp to Highway 527 when he was rear-ended by a vehicle driven by a Bothell woman, 34.
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Ran over coming to a stop. I
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