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Sometime in the morning, a car traveling at a slow speed near North 143rd Street and Evanston Avenue North somehow crashed and landed on it's side, trapping the woman who was driving it inside. Firefighters rescued the woman by removing the roof of her car, and she was safely removed and had only minor injuries.
5 things to do immediately after a serious accident
One person extricated from 6-car pileup on I-5 at Enchanted Parkway South in Federal Way, Washington
A six-car collision on southbound I-5 near Federal Way led to firefighters needing to extricate a person from their vehicle after a 5 p.m. crash at Enchanted Parkway South. Washington State Patrol says that most injuries appear to be minor.
5 things to do immediately after a serious accident
The only person seriously hurt was the driver who investigators say caused the wreck. Officers said they believe the woman was intoxicated. Dispatchers first started getting calls about her driving an SUV erratically about 6 p.m. The driver continued into Bellevue before she made her way back to Redmond. Police said she hit one car then, then another, after running over spike strips and crashing on Avondale Road. “The 30-year-old driver was actually pinned in the vehicle. She had to be extricated and was taken to Harborview.
A 5-year-old was critically injured after a car hit a tree overnight in Auburn. The 21-year-old male driver and an 8-year-old girl have non-life threatening injuries. The car was traveling 90 mph when it ran off the road around 2:30 a.m. and hit a tree on Auburn Way South. Emergency crews had to help free the man and boy after they were trapped in the car. Authorities say the girl managed to get out without help. Police are investigating to determine if alcohol was a factor in the accident.
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.
Things to do immediately after a serious accident