Being injured in a serious accident is always a shocking and scary experience, and dealing with the aftermath is exhausting and stressful. Accident victims are forced to deal with hospitalization, medical treatments, missed work, and lost income, often while trying to manage pain and disability from their injuries. And then the insurance adjusters start circling. Find out more about accidents and what issues an injured person needs to be aware of by going to this link.
A woman on foot was hit by a car around 6:30 a.m. on North Division Street and East Lyons Avenue and taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. No further information is available at this time; check back for updates. Spokane Police are investigating.
A woman driving a pickup truck hit a school bus on Thursday afternoon in Purdy, injuring two of the 12 children onboard. The State Patrol believes she was impaired at the time, but test results have not yet been released. More information will be posted as it is released.
Benjamin S. McDonald,19, crashed at high-speed into a semi driven by Phillip J. Koski, 65, near mile post 13 on Highway 14 in Camas, WA.
A man died Wednesday morning in Seattle's Belltown neighborhood after being hit by a car at the intersection of Boren Avenue and Virginia Street. The man was not using a crosswalk at the time of the accident. He was taken to Harborview Medical Center in critical condition, where he died.
Orlan W. Knuth, 35, and Joshua B. Lee, 31, were friends or neighbors who got into a verbal argument at a local bar.
The two-vehicle collision occured at 10:43 a.m. at Northeast 34th Avenue and 78th Street. One of the drivers, Nicholas P. Weaver, 26, ran from the scene of the crash.
Eustacio M. Gamez, 74, of George, was airlifted to Sacred Heart Medical Center following a two-vehicle accident just outside of Quincy, Washington.
Jerrie Vanderhouwen, 78, is in critical condition following a two-car collision at the intersection of Ackerly Road and U.S. Highway 12 just outside of Yakima, Washington.
In the Northgate neighborhood of Seattle at about 9:50am, a woman was struck by a car and was left with critical, life-threatening head injuries.
Kelcie Huntley was walking to class Monday morning in Vancouver when she hit by a school bus at a crosswalk. The impact broke her pelvis and she suffered facial lacerations.
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Driver Brian I. Gonzalez, 22, rolled his semi truck by overcorrecting after allowing his truck to drift onto the shoulder while driving southbound on State Route 241 near Sunnyside, Washington.
Intoxicated driving is a factor in a rollover accident that injured a man in north Yakima this morning. Adrian Hernandez, 19, of Union Gap was driving on U.S. Highway 12 at about 4:30 a.m., when he exited on North First Street. He was unable to make the curve and rolled his car over.
A man was ejected several feet into the air from his vehicle when he collided with another car, but was fortunately only 500 feet away from a fire station when the crash occurred.
Yolanda Garcia Alvarez was struck from behind by a Nissan Maxima while walking on Main Street. She was taken to a local medical center and is reported in stable condition. The man believed to have hit her is identified as 23-year-old Raymundo Juarez Garcia.
A two-car crash that took place about 5:40 Saturday afternoon caused only one minor injury. One woman, the 22-year-old driver of a Toyota Camry, was transported to the hospital by another vehicle to check on a sore wrist. The woman was headed southbound on Sixth Avenu
