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.
An adult woman was was killed by a train in Kelso, Washington on Thursday. The incident occured around 12:35 a.m. when train crews members saw a pedestrian standing on the tracks near the train station.
Just before 5 a.m., a red Subaru crossed the center line on Trent Avenue at Barker Road and hit the tractor trailer head on. The Subaru driver sustained critical injuries, and the semi driver suffered minor ones. Check back for updates.
Matilda Jim, of Toppenish, was driving north about two miles south of Toppenish when her vehicle crossed the centerline and departed the road about 10:30 p.m.
Early in the morning, two men in a Toyota pickup were struck by two men in a Ford pickup that were trying to avoid a deer. Adding further complications, the roads were wet and there was fog in the area. While both the men in the Toyota were killed, neither of the men in the Ford were injured.
A 50-year-old White Swan man was injured when his car crashed into a swather being driven on North Brownstown Road on Saturday morning. Sheriff’s deputies were called to the accident, just north of Branch Road, at 6:24 a.m., according to a news release from the sheriff’s office.
Four adults hospitalized after two motorcycles crashed on state Highway 432 near Washington Way in Longview. Jefferey Sudan, 44, of Ridgefield and his passenger Nitasha Miller, 37, of Battle Ground were traveling west on a Harley-Davidson motorcycle.
Around 5:30am, Morton crossed the center line and collided head on with a semi-truck driven by Rivera that was hauling apples on SR 124.
27-year-old William Cody Murphy was killed when his motorcycle and a car collided in the East Broadway Avenue and North Burns Road area of Spokane Valley, WA. The woman driving the car was not seriously injured.
A 55-year-old postal worker was arrested Friday for striking a man with her postal truck three times. The man was concerned after seeing the postal carrier yell obsceneties and "laughing hysterically" in front of Phantom Lake Elementary school in Bellevue, Washington.
Grizelda Navarro, 33, of Grandview, died from injuries following a car crash at the corner of the Sunnyside-Mabton Highway and Allen Road. Navarro was a passenger in a Honda Accord that was hit about 4 p.m.
A seven-year-old girl was hit by a car in the crosswalk at Martin Luther King Jr. Way S. and S. Genesee Street. Witnesses report that the driver ran a red light, did not brake when the girl was struck, and fled the scene.
Four people injured in Toppenish Tuesday afternoon. All drivers and passengers were wearing seat belts. Anason’s car was struck by a 1998 Chevrolet Tahoe, driven by Jane G. Hanson, 41, of Toppenish, and pushed into the westbound lanes of the highway, the release said.
The suspect was killed in the crash, and two passengers in the car were injured. A passenger in the pickup truck was also hurt. The three survivors of the crash were taken to a local hospital with serious injuries, authorities said.
