Boy hospitalized with head injuries after bike accident

Published 9:00 pm Thursday, July 13, 2000

Herald staff

SNOHOMISH – A Snohomish-area boy was listed in satisfactory condition Thursday at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle after he was injured in a bicycle accident.

The 5-year-old suffered head injuries and was airlifted to Seattle about 8:30 p.m. Wednesday.

The accident occurred in the 500 block of 144th Drive SE.

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Man dies: A Mukilteo man injured in a motorcycle crash died at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle.

Carl N. Jacobsen, 59, died Tuesday, hospital officials said. He suffered head and abdominal injuries and a broken leg in a crash Sunday on the southbound I-5 offramp to westbound Highway 526.

His wife, Linda J. Jacobsen, 50, a passenger on the motorcycle, suffered a broken wrist, broken knee and abrasions. She remains in satisfactory condition at Harborview.

The couple’s motorcycle failed to negotiate a curve on the offramp and struck a concrete wall, ejecting both of them, the State Patrol said.

Herald staff reports