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 35-year-old Pasco man is dead following an early morning motorcycle crash on Sunday.
Troopers with Washington State Patrol said Donye Guice was going north on SR395 to eastbound Interstate 182 when he lost control on the corner. The motorcycle hit the median and Guice was ejected.
A 19-year-old man was killed in a one-car rollover Monday night in the Yelm area, and the driver was arrested in connection with his death. The Thurston County Sheriff’s Office reports the rollover occurred around 9 p.m. June 24 in the 15800 block of Bald Hill Road Southeast.
A car involved in a fatal crash crossed the center line, crashed off another vehicle and was hit hard enough by an oncoming truck to launch the car's engine 50 feet. The driver was identified as 22-year-old Kyle Pike of Puyallup.
The two people who died in a two-car head on collision near Maltby in Snohomish County on Monday have been identified as Redmond residents Joan S. Kinger, 76, and Stanley Kinger, 79. Authorities say Joan Kinger was pronounced dead at the scene and Stanley Kinger died later at the hospital.
A man who died in a Sunday accident in Auburn was Josh M. Colson, the co-owner of Auburn Brake and Muffler. He was in the passenger seat of a vehicle headed south on Auburn Way North, when it crashed into a power pole just after 2 a.m. This was a single-vehicle accident.
The Thurston County Sheriff’s Office reports that a man was killed in a two-vehicle collision Friday in the Yelm area. Around 2:30 a.m. June 6, deputies responded to a collision on Bald Hill Road Southeast and 122nd Lane Southeast.
Vancouver Fire Capt. Gregg Roberts has died from injuries he sustained in a car crash on Friday afternoon. His car rolled off the road at about 1:30 p.m. on June 6 as Roberts was heading east on Ward Road, Fire Chief Joe Molina said. "He was the driver, and he was ejected," Molina said.
The Mason County Sheriff's Office said it appears that alcohol and possibly marijuana were factors in a crash that killed two people Sunday morning. Mason County Coroner Wes Stockwell identified the dead as David Michael Dudley Jr., 19, of Bremerton, and Alena J. Pepi, 18, of Port Orchard.
A Vancouver woman died Sunday afternoon in a Washougal crash that's being investigated as a possible vehicular homicide. The crash happened around 1 p.m. Sunday. Shauna Medlin, 41, was a passenger in a 2007 Dodge pickup driven by James Benton, 66, of Washougal.
Two young people killed Thursday while taking a late-night joy ride in an excavator parked at a logging site near Wilkeson have been identified as Jared Lanphear and Aeriel Strough, both 22 years old. The Pierce County Medical Examiner’s office said Lanphear is from Buckley.
Authorities said two dump truck drivers died in a head-on collision Wednesday morning near Mattawa in Grant County. The Grant County Sheriff’s Office asked drivers to avoid the area near Road O SW and Road 27 SW where the two trucks collided head-on and caught fire.
A large pickup sped out of control in downtown Bellingham early Monday, killing one male pedestrian and injuring three others. The truck, driven by 27-year-old Dustin F. Brown, swerved onto a sidewalk before 2 a.m. and hit three pedestrians.
Three Walla Walla High School students are dead after a single-car crash. The accident happened early Sunday morning on Mill Creek Road. Police believe speed played a part in the crash. 15-year old Athena Bentley, 16-year old Uziel Bermoy, and 17-year old Aidan Boede all died at the site.
