Local Briefly: Snohomish boy on bicycle injured when struck by van
Published 10:57 pm Wednesday, April 2, 2008
SNOHOMISH — A 13-year-old Snohomish boy suffered a broken leg and scrapes to the face after being struck by a van while riding his bike Wednesday afternoon.
The crash occurred about 1:15 p.m. in the 13700 block of Three Lakes Road, Snohomish County sheriff’s spokeswoman Rebecca Hover said.
The boy was riding his bicycle with friends in a driveway when he apparently rode into the street in front of the van, Hover said.
The boy was wearing a helmet, Snohomish Fire District 4 Battalion Chief John Hinchcliff said.
“I would say the helmet did what it was supposed to do,” he said.
There was a big dent in the van’s hood and the windshield was smashed in, he said.
The driver of the van was a Snohomish man, 34, Hover said. No citations were issued, and speed did not appear to be a factor.
Lynnwood: Minor injuries in I-5 rollover
No one was seriously hurt after a car rolled on I-5 on Wednesday.
The crash happened about 1:15 p.m. on northbound I-5 near 44th Avenue West. The driver and two passengers told police they were cut off by another vehicle. The car rolled and landed about 50 feet off the freeway, Snohomish County Fire District 1 officials said.
The men were able to get out the car on their own.
One man was taken to Stevens Hospital in Edmonds.
Monroe: Reformatory unit back to normal
A unit at the Monroe correctional complex was brought back to normal operation Wednesday, state officials said.
The Washington State Reformatory had been in lockdown since a fight involving 12 inmates occurred March 26. No inmates suffered serious injuries in the fight; no staff members were hurt.
The reformatory started switching from lockdown to normal operation over the weekend. It’s one of the five units at the state’s largest complex. The reformatory houses about 800 inmates.
Puyallup: Man fleeing police arrested
A man who led police on a three-county chase that began in Snohomish County early Wednesday was arrested in Puyallup, officials said.
The chase began when Snohomish County sheriff’s deputies spotted suspicious activity about 3 a.m. near the Denny’s on 128th Street SW in south Everett, sheriff’s spokeswoman Rebecca Hover said.
When deputies approached the vehicle, it sped off onto I-5 south, reaching speeds of up to 90 mph, Hover said. Deputies pursued the man because he was driving recklessly and they believed he might be driving drunk.
The chase continued south through King County and into Pierce County. The man got off the freeway in Puyallup and tribal police officers used their loudspeakers to convince the man to pull over, said Puyallup Tribal Police spokesman John Weymer.
Police learned the man allegedly was driving with a suspended license, Weymer said. He said officers found evidence of drugs and drug paraphernalia in the man’s car.
The man driving the vehicle was turned over to the Pierce County sheriff’s deputy to be booked into jail.
From Herald staff reports
