Local briefly: Two men hurt after colliding on dirt bikes
Published 11:01 pm Thursday, November 15, 2007
STANWOOD — Two men plowed into each other while riding dirt bikes in the dark Wednesday.
They were taken to an Everett hospital with serious injuries, said Christian Davis, battalion chief for North County Fire &EMS.
One man was taken to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle for additional treatment, Snohomish County sheriff’s spokeswoman Rebecca Hover said.
The collision happened about 6 p.m. Wednesday on Third Avenue NW. The men were riding the motorcycles on the road when they apparently ran into each other, Davis said. There weren’t any lights on the bikes and it was dark. The roads were wet.
Deputies are investigating whether alcohol is a factor in the crash, Hover said.
Lynnwood: Man flees after crash on I-5
Police were unable to find a man who fled the scene of a five-car crash on I-5 Thursday.
The man was exiting northbound I-405 about 2:30 p.m. when he reportedly lost control of his car, spun around and crashed into several vehicles, Washington State Patrol trooper Keith Leary said.
The man ran and headed for some bushes in the area. Troopers and Snohomish County sheriff’s deputies searched the area but were unable to find the man.
No one was reported hurt.
Three-car collision sends four to hospital
Four people were sent to a hospital after getting hurt in a three-car collision Thursday evening.
Firefighters and medics responded to the intersection of Larch Way and 164th Street SW northeast of Lynnwood around 7 p.m., said Leslie Hynes, spokeswoman for the Snohomish County Fire District 1.
Details were unavailable about how three cars collided with one another. One of the cars caught fire. Four women, including a teen, suffered non-life-threatening injuries and were transported to the Providence Everett Medical Center’s Colby Campus.
The fire was put out in five minutes, Hynes said.
Sultan: Three people hurt in U.S. 2 wreck
A two-vehicle collision on U.S. 2 in Sultan injured three people Thursday, the Washington State Patrol reported.
The collision happened at 3:53 p.m. near the Sultan River bridge, State Patrol trooper Keith Leary said. An eastbound Nissan pickup driven by a Gold Bar man crossed the centerline and hit a westbound Toyota Yaris.
The Gold Bar man, 50, was injured and transported to Valley General Hospital in Monroe. Two Sultan women, 28 and 64, also suffered minor injuries, Leary said.
The State Patrol and the Sultan Police Department responded to the scene. The cause of the crash is under investigation, Leary said.
