Driving along the main streets in Mill Creek on Tuesday afternoon was not an easy chore.
Two traffic accidents on the city’s two primary east-west arterials made getting around Mill Creek difficult.
One accident took place on 164th Street SE at Bothell-Everett Highway, resulting in all westbound lanes being closed for almost three hours.
Shortly before 3 p.m., a Snohomish County Sheriff’s deputy tried to stop a Ford Mustang for reckless driving through a construction zone in the 14000 block of southbound Bothell-Everett Highway in Mill Creek. The driver immediately fled, according to a news release, and the deputy pursued, but gave up quickly because of heavy traffic.
The suspect tried to turn from the Bothell-Everett Highway onto westbound 164th Street SE, but he collided with a pickup truck and caused the truck to roll over.
The suspect, a 36-year-old male, tried to flee on foot, but was confronted by two deputies. Deputies had to use a Taser to subdue and arrest the uncooperative man.
Deputies and Mill Creek police officers closed all westbound lanes at approximately 3:15 p.m. Those lanes were not reopened until close to 6 p.m., Mill Creek police spokesperson Becky Erk said.
The driver and two passengers in the pickup were treated for minor injuries at the scene and released. The suspect was taken to Providence Hospital in Everett for a precautionary check before being taken to the county jail.
As of press time on Wednesday, the sheriff’s office did not know why the suspect fled from the initial traffic stop.
The accident was being investigated by the sheriff’s office collision investigation unit as this edition went to press.
Another injury accident took place on 132nd Street SE in front of the Fred Meyer complex at about 3:30 p.m. A lane in each direction was shut down while Mill Creek police officers investigated the two-car accident and an emergency medical team from Fire District 1’s Silver Lake station prepared to transport a man to a hospital with unspecified injuries.Traffic backups were especially heavy in the eastbound lanes, while westbound lanes of 132nd did not get congested.
Tuesday’s accident was the second such incident at that location in the last week, Erk said.
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