Yakima Police investigate drunk driving crash that injured two
YAKIMA, WA – Two people were injured after a suspected drunk driver ran a stop sign and hit their vehicle at the intersection of 40th Ave and Chestnut Ave on Sunday afternoon. According to News Talk KIT, police responded to the accident around 5:30 p.m. Sunday. Witnesses told police the driver of a BMW...
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Speed, fog possible factors in fatal crash that killed two men in Everett
EVERETT, WA – Two men, one in his 40s and one in his 20s, died in a car accident on the 5800 block of 20th St SE early Saturday morning that officials believe may have been caused in part by heavy fog. KOMO News reports that one of the victims had been ejected from...
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Wrong-way, drunk driver hits, kills victim on I-182 in Pasco
PASCO, WA – A driver suspected of being under the influence hit and killed another driver in a wrong-way accident on I-182 near the 4th Ave exit on Saturday morning. 2/2 Friday night, Saturday morning, a wrong way driver hit another car head on, killing the victim driver. The causing driver is suspected of...
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Man in Pasco crashes vehicle in two hit-and-runs, seen urinating in public, facing multiple charges
PASCO, WA – A man who crashed his vehicle twice before it caught fire, and who then left the scene of the crash was discovered urinating in the street and arrested by police yesterday. According to KOMO News, the first hit-and-run accident occurred Equinox Court at about 11 p.m. when the accused, 39-year-old Juan...
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Two people hurt after multiple vehicles crash into deer in Maple Valley
MAPLE VALLEY, WA (KING COUNTY) – A multi-vehicle collision involving a deer in Maple Valley last night led to two people being injured, according to KIRO 7 News. The collision occurred in Maple Valley, located about 9 miles east of Kent, the 18000 block of Maple Valley Highway at about 8 p.m. when...
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55-year-old Portland man dies in accident on SR 97 near Toppenish
YAKIMA, WA – A Portland man died in a car accident on State Route 97 near Toppenish after he drifted over the center line and hit another car head-on. He has been identified as Robert Yates, 55. According to YakTriNews, the accident happened around 3:42 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 30. Bret Wachter, 48, has...
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Couple dies in three-car collision on Highway 24 near Hanford site
YAKIMA, WA – A couple from Sunnyside died in a car accident on Highway 24 near Cold Creek Road on Wednesday, according to the Yakima Herald. The Herald reported that the victims were 61-year-old Teresa L. Medrano and her husband, 68-year-old Manuel P. Medrano. They were waiting to turn left from eastbound Highway 24...
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