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 motorcycle rider fleeing a Washington State Patrol trooper was killed in a crash just before 2 a.m. Thursday in Renton.
The patrol says the rider had left Highway 169 and was on a parallel bicycle trail when he hit a pole.
A Bellingham woman caused a crash that tied up Interstate 5 traffic through Everett for more than an hour Thursday morning, Jan. 23. The crash at 9 a.m. blocked the left three lanes of southbound I-5 near Lowell Road and caused a backup that stretched several miles.
A police officer witnessed a high-speed crash at Northeast Andresen Road and Northeast Fourth Plain Boulevard early this morning. The crash sent three people to the hospital, one with life-threatening injuries.
A Castle Rock woman escaped serious injury in a single-vehicle crash on Interstate 5 about two miles south of Ridgefield.
Two people have been hospitalized with serious injuries following a single-vehicle crash near Kingston. Witnesses told authorities an SUV was heading east on state Highway 104 around 6:15 a.m.
A small plane crashed in a field near Poulsbo on Monday afternoon. The Kitsap Fire Dept. said the 70-year-old pilot regained consciousness and was able to call 911 after his his single-seat airplane crashed just before 4 p.m.
Two men in their 20s were in critical condition seriously following a crash on Rainier Avenue South at Andover Street at 8:20 this morning. The two men were driving in a Ford Mustang southbound on Rainier when the driver lost control and hit a telephone pole before slamming into a parked car.
Two people died in a hit and run accident involving two pickup trucks, police said. Irina Gardinant, 28, of Vancouver, died Monday morning as a result of a hit and run accident that occurred Sunday night in Vancouver. At approximately 8 p.m.
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.
Three vehicles crashed into a herd of elk crossing Highway 12 Monday night in Grays Harbor County at Satsop.
The Washington State Patrol says no drivers were injured in the collisions, but their two pickup trucks and an SUV had to be towed away
Three people were injured in a head-on crash involving a school bus Monday morning, according to the Vancouver Police Department. The crash was reported at 7:12 a.m. at the intersection of Northeast 28th Street and Northeast 148th Avenue, down the street from Burton Elementary School.
A 30-year-old man had died after being struck by a car as he attempted to cross Highway 99 near Manor Way in Everett around 10 p.m. Thursday night. The man was transported to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle where he was pronounced dead.
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. He was taken to Harborview Medical Center around 4 p.m. The man is expected to survive.
