Metropolitan Seattle(link is external) is not a huge city with a population of just more than 650,000, but since there is not a well-established mass-transit system in Seattle(link is external), most of the residents are drivers. This, of course, means that the traffic congestion is extraordinary, ranked #5 nationally(link is external), and that the number of collisions is equally high. Combined with Seattle's famous rainy weather(link is external), car accidents are an hourly occurrence. Similarly, Tacoma(link is external) has a high percentage of daily commuters. Tacoma, with a population of just over 200,000 and located just 30 miles south of Seattle, has similar traffic issues. The major roadways in Seattle(link is external) include Interstate 5, Interstate 405, Interstate 90, State Route 520, and State Route 99. The major roadways in Tacoma include I-5, I-705, SR 7, SR 16, SR 163, SR 167, and SR 509. To get up-to-date traffic information, please go to the Washington State Department of Transportation(link is external) site. To find our current weather conditions, go to Weather.com(link is external).
If you are looking for information on a specific crash that happened in Seattle or Tacoma, go to the appropriate link above.
Harborview Medical Center(link is external) - Seattle;
Swedish Hospital(link is external) - Seattle;
University of Washington Medical Center(link is external) - Seattle;
Virginia Mason Medical Center(link is external) - Seattle;
Multi Care Tacoma General Hospital(link is external);
St. Joseph Medical Center(link is external) - Tacoma.
When a loved one is killed in a Seattle or Tacoma motor-vehicle accident, it is often helpful for grieving family and friends to get help from a grief support organization. It can be comforting to talk with others going through a similar situation, and the road to recovering from the loss may go more smoothly. Go here to get information on Seattle and Tacoma grief support organizations: The Healing Center(link is external); Grief support at Providence Health Services(link is external); Bereavement support at Swedish Medical Center(link is external); Other Seattle support groups and counselors;(link is external) Tacoma and Pierce County grief support resources(link is external).
After someone has been injured or killed in a motor-vehicle crash in Seattle or Tacoma, many decisions need to be made immediately and questions need to be answered. For example, how much of the medical costs will be covered by the insurance policy? How does PIP insurance help with medical bills immediately? What if the at-fault driver has no insurance?
After a serious crash in Seattle or Tacoma, it is crucial to get help from a Seattle personal injury attorney who understands the local regulations and legal standards, who knows how insurance policies work, and who can handle all aspects of an insurance claim so the injured person can focus on recovery. If someone is killed in a collision, a Seattle wrongful death lawyer will launch a claim that will begin the process of financial recovery for the family members left behind. Go here to learn more about how a good Seattle car accident attorney(link is external) can help.
An Amtrak passenger train traveling from Portland to Seattle hit and killed a man Sunday night. The man was hit about 9:30 p.m. on the tracks at Second Street Northeast near the Puyallup train station.
A man was hospitalized this afternoon after he was struck by a Link light-rail train in Seattle’s Sodo neighborhood. The man, in his 30s, was struck at South Holgate Street and Fourth Avenue South.
A man from Las Vegas was struck and killed by an Amtrak train on Saturday afternoon, Auburn Police say. The accident happened in the 900 block of 'C' Street Southwest in Auburn.
Jack G. Kennedy, 71, of Abbotsford, British Columbia, failed to stop his semi-trailer truck in time for three vehicles that were stopped for traffic on northbound I-5.
At about 12:40pm, two semi-trucks and a van collided on SR 18 near Raging River, critically injuring an 81-year-old man and spilling oil all over the roadway.
.Last week, police say, a speeding semi ran a red light slamming into their minivan, pinning them against a building. Tacoma Fire Department paramedic Jeff Bambrick was one of the firefighters who responded.
Donald E. Rodgers, 66, of Shelton was driving north in the left lane of the interstate in a motor home next to a semi truck at around 10:53 a.m., according to a Washington State Patrol news release.
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.
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A semi-truck hit and killed a woman, identified the victim as 24-year-old Alea Price of Seattle, who was sitting in her car and waiting for help after she struck a deer on Interstate 405 Monday.
Two people were injured Tuesday morning when a dump truck and minivan collided off state Route 18 and rolled into a ditch. The incident, which occurred at 6:20 a.m., caused hours of back-ups in the Issaquah area while the scene was cleaned up.
All eastbound lanes of I-90 near North Bend will be closed 8-11 p.m. Thursday night so crews can remove a semi-truck that went off the road and was left dangling off a guardrail. The incident happened just before 5 p.m.
A semi truck hauling two FedEx trailers initiated a four-vehicle crash on Interstate 405 overnight, leaving two people injured. Arriving at the scene, troopers and medics found a semi truck and trailers lying on their side at the exit.
