Local briefly: Load of garbage blocks traffic on Highway 99
Published 11:53 pm Monday, November 26, 2007
LYNNWOOD — Several northbound lanes of Highway 99 near 200th Street were temporarily blocked Monday afternoon when a load of garbage fell into the street.
The people who were riding in the vehicle that accidentally dumped the trash cleaned up the mess promptly, according to Lynnwood police spokeswoman Shannon Sessions. The vehicle was not a commercial garbage truck, she said.
Everett resident Charles Morris ran into the trash as he headed home from work. He said around 30 percent of the garbage appeared to be personal checks and financial documents.
“To look down and see different canceled checks was pretty chilly,” he said. “In the age of identification theft, that’s like a worse case scenario.”
Sessions said the driver picked up all the trash and identity theft is not a concern. The Lynnwood Police Department is not investigating the incident.
Everett: 2 questioned in pawn shop robbery
Snohomish County sheriff’s deputies questioned two men in connection with the robbery of a south Everett pawn shop on Monday.
Two suspects, armed with guns, robbed a pawn shop just before 11 a.m. in the 12000 block of Highway 99. The men made off with some property and ran from the shop, sheriff’s spokeswoman Rebecca Hover said.
Deputies, along with Everett police officers, swarmed the area and hunted for the two men. Police found some of the property taken from the shop and a gun that was reported stolen from Mukilteo.
Police later detained two men that matched the descriptions of the suspects. No arrests had been made as of Monday evening.
Arlington: Worker’s death investigated
The death of a man at a manufacturing company is under investigation by the state Department of Labor and Industries.
The man, 41, was working at ACS Industries on Monday afternoon when he was reportedly hit in the back of the head with some heavy machinery. He died at the scene, Arlington spokeswoman Kristin Banfield said.
State investigators were called to the company to investigate the death.
The company manufactures large equipment, including industrial trucks. It is located in the 19600 block of 60th Avenue NE, just north of the airport.
Lynnwood: Teen who died was from Bothell
A teenager killed in a car crash on Saturday has been identified as Timothy John Vandermolen.
Vandermolen, 19, of Bothell, died of blunt force injuries to his head and torso, the Snohomish County Medical Examiner’s Office reported Monday.
Vandermolen reportedly crossed the center line and collided with a sport utility vehicle in the 700 block of 164th Street SW.
He died at the scene. The family of four in the sport utility vehicle was taken to a local hospital for treatment of minor injuries.
The crash remains under investigation.
From Herald staff reports
