SNOHOMISH – Two people died Friday night of apparent carbon monoxide poisoning after leaving a car running inside a garage just east of Snohomish.
The 22-year-old man and 23-year-old woman were found by a family member around 10:20 p.m. in a garage on 171st Ave. SE near Flowing Lake, according to the Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office.
It appears they fell asleep inside a car with its motor running, possibly to keep the heater going.
The woman had no known permanent address, and the man had been sleeping in his car in the garage at night, said sheriff’s spokeswoman Jan Jorgensen.
Deputies were not able to determine what they were doing when they were overcome by the poisonous fumes from the car’s exhaust, Jorgensen said. But they determined the deaths were not suspicious.
“It just appears at this point to be a tragic accident,” she said. “There’s no reason to suspect foul play or to believe they were suicidal.”
Crash victim identified: A 39-year-old Marysville man was the victim of a fatal collision with a cement truck in Snohomish Friday night, the Washington State Patrol said Saturday.
Daniel D. Hunt was killed after he swerved to avoid hitting a car driven by an 18-year-old Snohomish woman that pulled out in front of him on Highway 9, troopers said.
He veered into the lane with oncoming traffic, where the Ford Bronco he was driving was hit head-on by a 4-ton cement-mixing truck.
A passenger in his car, 34-year-old Sam Beal from Arlington, was taken to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, where he was in satisfactory condition Saturday night.
Two other cars were damaged when they hit debris from the crash, but those drivers were not hurt. The driver of the cement truck had no obvious injuries but was taken to the hospital as a precaution, according to the State Patrol.
Everett
A woman concerned about potential exposure to anthrax Thursday most likely came into contact with cornstarch, police said Friday.
The woman showed up at the Everett Clinic at Harbour Point in Mukilteo Thursday, saying she had been exposed to a white powder that fell out of a magazine at the boat-related business where she worked.
The woman was decontaminated and taken to Providence Everett Medical Center’s Colby Campus, where she was treated and released.
Mukilteo Police Chief Mike Murphy said detectives later determined that the powder was most likely cornstarch, which is sometimes used to help keep glossy pages in magazines and catalogs from sticking together. Some printers have switched to other processes, given the concern about powders fueling anthrax scares across the country.
Police determined the incident wasn’t enough of a credible threat to have the powder tested, Murphy said.
Innocent plea to biting: The convicted murderer of a Mountlake Terrace mail-order bride pleaded innocent Friday to biting a corrections officer at the Snohomish County Jail.
Daniel K. Larson, 21, entered the plea during a brief Superior Court hearing.
The alleged biting incident occurred in mid-July while Larson was jailed awaiting trial for the September 2000 disappearance and death of Anastasia S. King, 20. Larson recently pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and has agreed to testify against a co-defendant, the slain woman’s husband, Indle Gifford King, Jr, 40.
Larson was charged Thursday with third-degree assault. The charge was amended Friday to custodial assault.
Mukilteo
Fatal accident: A Graham man died Thursday in a four-vehicle crash on Highway 525 just south of Highway 99.
Tracy L. Grogan, 34, died shortly after 2 a.m., according to the Washington State Patrol.
Troopers closed the road for several hours to investigate.
Grogan was driving a 1984 Honda southbound on Highway 525. He collided with 1998 Jeep Wrangler driven in the opposite direction by Mark A. Medrom, 29, of Mukilteo, the patrol said.
The Jeep then struck a 1978 BMW motorcycle parked on the northbound shoulder, the patrol said. Grogan also collided with a car driven by Michael W. Martin, 34, of Kenmore.
Meldrom was transported to Providence Everett Medical Center’s Colby Campus, where he was treated and released. Martin was uninjured.
The Jeep and both cars were destroyed.
Injury accident: A Seattle man spent the night in Harborview Medical Center in Seattle after he was injured in a collision with a driver who fled.
Douglas Denison, 46, was kept under observation to rule out abdominal injuries after the traffic crash at 11:45 p.m. Thursday on the Mukilteo Speedway (Highway 525) just south of Highway 99.
Denison’s motorcycle was southbound on the Speedway, and a dark-colored, two-door 1989 Mazda MX6 with left front-end damage was northbound when the two collided in the southbound lane, according to the Washington State Patrol. The Mazda fled the scene, the patrol said.
Mountlake Terrace
Homeowner beaten: A Mountlake Terrace man who was severely beaten by two intruders in a home invasion robbery was listed in satisfactory condition at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle.
The man’s 11-year-old daughter was uninjured, but was forced at gunpoint through her home, Mountlake Terrace Police Cmdr. Mike Mitchell said.
The incident occurred about 10:15 Halloween night at in the 23900 block of 56th Avenue W. When the girl answered the door, the two men forced their way inside. The resident was beaten with a blunt instrument and the girl had “a gun stuck in her face.”
The intruders wore masks, and the occupants did not know them, Mitchell said.
Police ask anyone with information to call detectives at 425-670-8260.
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