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• Mount Baker Skiing Accident Ends In Tragedy

  Michael Myers | December 02, 2005 1:40 PM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  On Sunday, November 27, 2005 Terry McQuair died in a skiing accident at the Mount Baker Ski Area. Mr. McQuair, a 21 year old British Columbia resident, skied under two ropes marked with warning signs and then off of a 100 foot cliff. The fall caused head injuries and Mr. McQuair was pronounced dead on the scene. For more information about this accident see the following links: Skiing Accident...

• HWY 92 Auto Accident Injures Two

  Michael Myers | November 29, 2005 5:03 PM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  A car accident on Sunday morning involving a 46-year-old Everett man and a 28-year-old Everett man left both drivers in the hospital. The 46-year-old driver apparently pulled his vehicle westbound onto Highway 92 from 99th Avenue NE and struck the 28-year-old, who was driving a Ford pickup and towing another vehicle. The collision sent the Ford and the car it was towing through the guardrail...

• Nine Car Accidents, 30 Vehicles Clog I-5

  Michael Myers | November 29, 2005 3:44 PM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  Shortly after 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, November 29, 2005 at least 30 cars were involved in nine separate accidents over a half mile stretch of northbound Interstate 5 near Arlington. The Washington State Patrol shut down all northbound lanes of I-5 for two hours after the accident. Traffic was stopped for eight miles to the south. Police investigating the collisions attributed them to a wall of...

• Bar Fight Raises Question of Premises Liability

  Michael Myers | November 23, 2005 10:51 AM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  At approximately 1:00 a.m. on Monday, November 21, 2005 George Mosher Jr. was stabbed to death outside of Eli's Pub in Kent. Mr. Mosher was an off-duty pub employee who was trying to break up a fight that had erupted outside the establishment. His assailants stabbed him in the chest, puncturing his lung and severing his aorta. They then fled the scene before police arrived. For more...

• Train Accident Kills Two

  Michael Myers | November 22, 2005 11:16 AM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  On Sunday, November 20, 2005 A Union Pacific freight train traveling from Portland to Seattle struck and killed two young men who were walking near the tracks. The accident occurred between Tacoma and Steilacoom on the BNSF Railroad's double main line. Railroad authorities and police continue to investigate. The names of the deceased victims have not been released.Railroads generally owe a...

• Motorcycle Accidents Increase Among Baby Boomers

  Michael Myers | November 22, 2005 10:49 AM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  As baby boomers look for ways to spend their disposable income, they are buying motorcycles in ever increasing numbers. Americans over 40 constitute the largest group of motorcycle owners in the country. Unfortunately, this increase in motorcycle ownership also corresponds with an increase in fatal motorcycle accidents. Government statistics show that last year motorcyclists over 40 accounted...

• Mother, Daughter Victims of Hit & Run Accident

  Michael Myers | November 16, 2005 2:28 PM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  On Monday, November 14, 2005 an Everett woman and her five year-old daughter were struck from behind by a dark pickup while they were walking to school. The pickup fled the scene and Everett police continue to search for the driver. Click the following link to learn more information about the accident: Hit and Run Accident Injures Five Year-Old Girl Situations such as this one illustrate the...

• Serious Accident on SR 522 Caused by Deer

  Michael Myers | November 15, 2005 3:28 PM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  On Saturday, November 12, 2005 a deer in the road caused a collision between a Jeep Cherokee and a small, four-door Ford on State Route 522 near Monroe. The driver of the Jeep swerved to avoid the deer and crossed the center line, hitting the Ford head on. In total, there were nine people involved in the accident, five in the Ford and four in the Jeep.A 79 year old grandmother named Marjorie...

• Oak Harbor Truck Accident Fatality

  Michael Myers | November 15, 2005 2:53 PM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  On Saturday, November 12, 2005 a 21-year-old passenger was killed in a single car automobile accident near Oak Harbor. The accident occurred at 2:15 a.m. when the vehicle went out of control on a wet roadway while turning from Frostad Road Southbound onto Dugualla Road. The passenger was thrown from the pickup and killed. The vehicle’s driver was booked in Island County Jail on suspicion of...

• Car Accidents Caused by I-90 Rock Slides

  Michael Myers | November 15, 2005 10:54 AM | 0 CommentsSeattle, WA

  In the last two months, dangerous rock slides on Interstate 90 have become a major problem. On September 11, 2005 boulders crashed onto a Volvo near Snoqualmie Pass, instantly killing the driver and her two passengers. The three victims were all 28 years old and hailed from Western Washington.A day later another boulder the size of a large pickup fell from nearly the same location. This time...