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.
The Grant County sheriff's office says a float plane pilot died Saturday evening when he crashed on Banks Lake near Steamboat Rock State Park. KPQ radio reports 60-year-old Kenneth A. Berger of Monroe, Washington, was attempting to take off from Banks Lake around 5 p.m.
Three people were killed and two others injured in an early morning crash Friday on Highway 20 in Skagit County. The two car head-on crash happened around 5:10 a.m. near Hamilton Cemetery Rd E in Sedro-Woolley. The dead were identified as Frederick Brand, 65, of Concrete; Nicole A.
A Spokane Valley police officer on his way to a call around 10:30 p.m. Friday hit a teenage bicyclist at Sprague Avenue and Vista Road. The officer was heading west on Sprague. Witnesses said the officer tried to avoid the teen, but clipped the bike and sent him spinning.
A wrong-way driver was killed in a head-on collision on Highway 16 Thursday night three miles east of Port Orchard. The Washington State Patrol says the 45-year-old Tacoma man is suspected of drunken driving.
A 73-year-old woman was hit and killed Tuesday evening while crossing a street in Edmonds. The woman was hit at about 7:30 p.m. at 4th and Bell in Downtown Edmonds. The woman was crossing the street in a crosswalk when a woman driving an SUV turned onto Bell and hit her.
Police say a Sammamish woman accidentally drove her SUV through her house, killing her husband and critically injuring her daughter and son-in-law.
The Washington State Patrol says a wrong-way driver was responsible for a crash early Friday on Interstate 5 near Lacey. The patrol said Michael R.
Pierce County prosecutors have charged a man with vehicular homicide for a crash that killed a woman in Spanaway. ReneMichael Navarro, 26, pleaded not guilty to the charge. The accident happened the evening of March 11 in the 2100 block of state Route 7.
Two 20-year-old men were killed in a head-on collision Monday night in Longview. The driver, Dakota Jakob Eugene Jenson of Toutle, and his passenger, Jose (Antonio) Vega-Lee of Longview, died at the scene. Two people in the other vehicle were injured in the crash at an intersection.
A motorcyclist died after a collision with a truck on state Route 902 at Craig Road just east of Medical Lake on Saturday afternoon. Thomas P. Bacon, 59, of Spokane, was riding a 2004 Harley-Davidson west on Route 902. A 2013 Ford F-150 driven by Frank C. Watson, 71, of St.
A fatal crash involving 3 vehicles was blocking all lanes of Highway 14 in Washougal Friday afternoon. The crash, involving three vehicles including a U-Haul van and a semi truck, happened around 9 a.m. at Highway 14 at milepost 22.
Authorities said a 56-year-old man was killed in a crash Sunday in Lincoln County around 3:00 p.m. Police said John Helton, 56, was driving west on Miles Creston Road at Seven Bays Road when he crossed the center line and hit Thomas Boynton, 56. Boynton was pronounced dead at the scene.
