Man arrested after crash kills passenger in Tulalip

Published 8:30 am Tuesday, June 11, 2019

TULALIP — A 19-year-old man died and another man was hospitalized after a crash early Tuesday morningon the Tulalip Indian Reservation.

The Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office said the vehicle was northbound on 27th Avenue NE and crossed 116th Street NE around 12:30 a.m. when it crashed into a wooded area northwest of the Seattle Premium Outlets and the Tulalip Resort Casino.

Jacob A. Hedington, who was a passenger in the vehicle, died from blunt-force injuries, according to the Snohomish County Medical Examiner’s Office. He was from Arlington.

The driver, a 19-year-old Mount Vernon man, had minor injuries and was taken to the hospital before being arrested for investigation of vehicular homicide.

The cause of the collision is under investigation by the sheriff’s office.