Man hospitalized after crashing into tree

Published 10:19 pm Monday, June 22, 2009

SMOKEY POINT — Medics on Monday afternoon tried to revive an 84-year-old man whose pickup truck crashed into a tree.

The Marysville man was eastbound on Highway 531 just before 4 p.m. when his truck left the road and struck a tree near Lake Ki, Washington State Patrol trooper Keith Leary said. Witnesses told troopers the man was going no more than 25 miles per hour. He had suffered a medical emergency before the accident, Leary said.

Medics performed CPR and rushed the man to a hospital, Leary said. The man was in critical condition Monday evening at Providence Regional Medical Center Everett’s Colby campus.