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Jeremy Dean Martin was driving a car on Cypress Creek Bridge when the car went off the bridge and into the creek. Martin was able to escape the car but Johnathon Heath Atkisson, a passenger, was trapped inside. Emergency responders were not able to rescue Atkisson in time to save his life. Investigators say thaat Martin was under the influence of alcohol at the time of the accident.
Charges are pending for suspected intoxicated driver who crashed into a Washington State Patrol vehicle, seriously injuring her passenger. According to a State Patrol memo, 44-year-old Joanna Kasner of Arlington was driving with her brother, Timothy, in a 2002 Saturn Vue westbound on Highway 20 shortly after 6 p.m. Thursday near mile post 73. A marked patrol vehicle, travelling westbound ahead of the Saturn spotted a driver going eastbound. Trooper Jeffrey Meldrum activated his emergency lights and performed a U-turn to pursue.
Two 17-year-old Oak Harbor sisters, one killed and one seriously injured in a car wreck in Anacortes on Thursday, Oct. 31st, had ties to the Oak Harbor School District and Skagit Valley College, school officials have confirmed. Janeah Goheen died at the scene of the collision, and Janesah Goheen passed away on Nov. 11th. Alysha Pickler, 18, of Oak Harbor was a passenger in the Goheens’ car. She was transported to Island Hospital in Anacortes, State Patrol officials said. Pickler was expected to be released from the hospital on Nov. 1st.