SEATTLE – A car plunged 25 feet after crashing through a downtown barrier Monday, but the driver suffered only minor injuries thanks to a well-placed trash bin.
His sedan landed upside-down atop the bin, its trunk bearing the brunt of the impact.
Witnesses told police that the man was honking his horn frantically as his car rolled down a hill on Seneca Street and through a red light at First Avenue – a possible sign of brake or other mechanical failure.
Instead of heading into traffic exiting off the Alaskan Way Viaduct, he steered toward a barrier and crashed through it toward the street below.
Seattle Fire Department medics attended to the man, but he had only minimal injuries, said police spokeswoman Debra Brown.
Associated Press
Hoquiam: Police sniff out pot grow operation
Hoquiam police turned a routine traffic stop into the seizure of a large marijuana growing operation on Sunday.
According to police, officers made a traffic stop and as the officers stood outside their patrol vehicles they could smell a strong odor of marijuana. The officers isolated the odor as coming from a residence adjacent to the location of the traffic stop.
After obtaining a search warrant, three officers conducted a search of the home and discovered an elaborate marijuana growing system that included sophisticated lights and other equipment. The officers confiscated the equipment and 61 marijuana plants that were about 2 to 3 feet high.
No arrest has been made.
The Daily World
Spokane: Pot arrest follows burglary report
A homeowner was not exactly happy about being charged with producing marijuana, but he told police he was still relieved that they caught an intruder.
According to a police news release, officers responding to a complaint about a burglary in progress late Friday afternoon found two men fighting in the living room and arrested Simon T. Arnzen-Jones, 26, for investigation of first-degree burglary.
He told officers marijuana was growing in the basement, and police noticed drug paraphernalia and a little dried pot in the living room as well as a strong odor of marijuana, according to the report
Forty pot plants were found after a search warrant was obtained and the homeowner, C. Dean Johnson, 43, may face charges of possession and manufacturing marijuana with the intent to deliver, officers wrote.
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