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Published 10:54 pm Tuesday, August 21, 2007
No one injured after Amtrak train hits truck
STANWOOD – A pickup truck was ripped in half after it was struck by an Amtrak train Tuesday night.
The truck driver escaped serious injury and no one on the train was hurt, said Christian Davis, battalion chief for North County Fire &EMS.
The accident happened just after 9 p.m. at the train crossing at 244th Street NW and 48th Avenue NW. The train hit the back half of the pickup truck and tore the bed off, Davis said.
The driver was taken to Providence Everett Medical Center. His injuries were not thought to be life-threatening, Davis said.
The cause of the crash remains under investigation.
Lake Stevens: Salon fire blamed on candle
A candle likely sparked a fire that caused about $250,000 damage to a Frontier Village beauty salon and massage parlor Monday night, officials said.
Heat from the fire triggered an alarm about 10:30 p.m., Lake Stevens Fire marshal Robert Marshall said.
When crews arrived in the 9500 block of Fourth Street NE, fire had destroyed much of the salon equipment and some smaller rooms used for massage, he said.
Crews got the fire under control in about 20 minutes and spent several hours putting out hot spots in the walls and roof of the converted barn, Marshall said.
Extreme heat and heavy smoke caused extensive damage to the business, he said.
No one was at the business when the blaze erupted and no one was injured.
Arrest made for allegedly running man down with car
Honking horns and a rude hand gesture apparently led to one man being hurt and another man going to jail Monday afternoon.
A Granite Falls man was arrested Monday after allegedly trying to run another man down in a Frontier Village parking lot, according to court documents.
The man who was hit received minor injuries to his leg and foot, Lake Stevens Police Chief Randy Celori said.
The incident occurred about 3:15 p.m. outside the Albertsons grocery store on 91st Avenue NE, court papers said.
The driver, 55, grew impatient with the other man and honked the horn, Celori said.
That’s when the other man “flipped the driver off,” the papers said. The driver hit the man, knocking him to the ground. Police found a dent on the driver’s car where he hit the man.
The driver was arrested in Granite Falls and was booked into the Snohomish County Jail for investigation of second-degree assault.
Everett: Bear spotted in south Everett
A black bear has been spotted several times wandering around south Everett and near I-5, state Fish &Wildlife officials said.
Since Friday, the animal has been seen multiple times across a wide area ranging from Seattle Hill Road to Silver Lake to the median on I-5, said Sgt. Randy Lambert, a state game warden.
“It comes out briefly, people call, it goes back into the woods,” he said.
The area is too thickly settled for agents to use hounds to chase the bear up a tree and prior efforts to trap animals have been unsuccessful, he said.
The bear likely will leave the area on its own, Lambert said.
Anyone who spots a bear is asked to call 911.
From Herald staff reports
