Child dies in crash on Evergreen Way in Everett on October 30

Police say a 7-year-old boy was killed in a three-vehicle crash in Everett, Wash. Police spokesman Aaron Snell says the child was in a car that was reported speeding erratically Tuesday night when it clipped another vehicle, then spun into oncoming traffic where it collided with a minivan. The Snohomish County medical examiner's office says Josiah Alves died of blunt force injuries to the head.

The driver who caused a crash that killed a child was speeding and reckless, police said.

A child is dead after a collision in Everett on Evergreen Way. Around 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday, officers were called to Evergreen Way near Bruin Boulevard. Witnesses told officers that the driver of a black BMW had been speeding and driving erratically southbound when it clipped another southbound vehicle. The BMW spun into oncoming traffic where it collided with a northbound minivan, according to Officer Aaron Snell.