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Published 10:59 pm Tuesday, July 24, 2007
Lynnwood man hurt in rollover accident on I-5
LYNNWOOD – A Lynnwood man was taken to a Seattle hospital Tuesday after his pickup was launched from an I-5 onramp, officials said.
The accident occurred just after 9 a.m. on the ramp from 164th Street SW onto the freeway, said trooper Kirk Rudeen, a Washington State Patrol spokesman.
The man, 29, apparently struck a concrete barrier and rolled his truck, he said. He was taken to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle.
No one else was in the truck.
Mill Creek: Officer faces harassment charge
A Seattle police officer was charged Monday with felony harassment after he allegedly burst into his ex-wife’s house in the 16200 block of 32nd Avenue SE and threatened a man who was visiting.
The charge was filed in Snohomish County Superior Court against Felton Joseph Miles, 50, of Monroe.
The couple’s divorce became final in April, and the woman told her ex-husband she didn’t want him in her home. The man who was visiting told prosecutors he was afraid when Miles threatened to kill him, according to charging papers.
Everett: Fire displaces 3 at seniors building
A mattress fire Tuesday displaced three people from an apartment building for senior citizens, officials said.
The building’s sprinkler system extinguished the early morning fire in the 1100 block of Rainier Street, Everett Fire Battalion Chief David Moses said.
Crews were called about 7:40 p.m., he said. The fire was out by the time firefighters arrived.
Water from the sprinkler system caused more damage than the blaze, he said. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
The Snohomish County chapter of the Red Cross responded.
Mukilteo: Sewer rates are topic of meeting
Commissioners of the Olympus Terrace Sewer District are scheduled to discuss increasing sewer rates to pay for costly repairs to the Big Gulch sewer line.
The meeting is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. today at the district office, 4902 76th St. SW, Mukilteo.
Residential customers in the district pay an average $34.65 per month. Ratepayers could be facing an increase of up to 10 percent, district general manager Patrick Sorensen said.
The cost of repairing the 1 1/2-mile pipeline has increased from about $9 million to around $20 million, Sorensen said. He attributes the increase to unforeseen costs of protecting and replacing wetlands.
Erosion from heavy rain and water runoff has eroded the soil supporting the 36-year-old pipeline. The sewer line is exposed in several areas.
From Herald staff reports
