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A 44-year-old man died after he lost control of his motorcycle and slammed into a guard rail on the Michigan Street off ramp on southbound Interstate 5 early Sunday.
According to the Washington State Patrol, the man was traveling at a high-rate of speed when he struck the barrier and was thrown from his black 1987 Honda.
The accident happened at 1:20 a.m. The patrol said the off ramp was closed for two-and-a-half hours.
The 43-year-old driver of a pickup truck was in custody Sunday night for investigation of vehicular assault after the vehicle went through a guardrail, rolled off Interstate 5 in Federal Way and trapped the driver and a passenger inside, according to the Washington State Patrol. The crash happened at I-5 and South 288th Street at approx. 7:00 p.m. The driver was also being investigated for DUI. The passenger was taken to Harborview Medical Center.
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A Lake Stevens woman was booked into the King County Jail early Sunday after a wrong-way crash on I-5. It happened just before 12:30 a.m. on northbound I-5 at Northeast 145th Street. The Washington State Patrol stated that the 22-year-old driver of a Ford F-150 pickup truck was traveling southbound in the northbound lanes and hit a Ford Edge. One of the three people in the Edge was injured and taken to Harborview Medical Center. The driver of the F-150 and her passenger, a 24-year-old Mukilteo woman, were not hurt.
A pickup truck, big rig and jeep were involved in a collision that snarled Thursday evening traffic on Interstate 5 northbound, north of the Battle Ground exit. Allen J. Moditz, 51, of Ridgefield was driving a jeep north on the interstate when he attempted to pass a pickup truck that was driving in the left lane, said Trooper Will Finn, spokesman for the Washington State Patrol. Both cars went to change lanes at the same time. The big rig, which was hauling milk, got involved and pushed the jeep through the cable barrier off the side of the road.
A sticky situation on Interstate 5 clogged the freeway for hours after a semitruck dumped 20,000 gallons of a glue-like substance on I-5 north of Federal Way. Four lanes of northbound I-5 were shut down just north of Highway 18 Wednesday night after a semitruck slammed into a stalled minivan that was stopped on I-5 shortly before 7 p.m. The driver of the minivan, a 55-year-old Federal Way woman, was seriously injured and transported to Harborview. The 61-year-old driver of the semitruck was not hurt.5 things survivors of a commercial truck accident need to know
5 things every motorcycle accident victim needs to do immediately After someone is seriously injured in a motorcycle accident, they struggle to deal with injuries, medical treatments, lost work and wages, and growing medical bills. There are many things that need to be done to help a person recover physically and financially from a serious motorcycle crash. Here are the top 5 things to do after an injury motorcycle accident.