Four people hurt after vehicle hits guardrail on I-5

MARYSVILLE – Four people were injured in an accident that snarled northbound I-5 traffic in Marysville for three hours Sunday morning, according to the State Patrol.

A 2000 Ford Explorer lost control, hit a guardrail on the left shoulder and bounced back onto the freeway. Debris from the Ford Explorer struck a 1994 Mercury Sable.

The left two lanes were closed for three hours, according to the state Department of Transportation.

The four Marysville residents riding in the Ford Explorer were transported to Providence Everett Medical Center’s Colby Campus. The three passengers were ejected from the vehicle, according to the state’s report.

The driver was James S. Hicks, 25. The passengers were Ryan Q. Lowell, 22, Dillon W. Combs, 26, and Andrea J. Oas, 21.

Combs was transferred to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle with head injuries. Oas was admitted to Providence Everett Medical Center with a leg fracture and Hicks and Lowell were treated and released, according to a nursing supervisor at the hospital.

The driver of the Mercury Sable, 42-year-old Kent resident Franck Bamage, was not injured. He drove his vehicle from the scene.

Oak Harbor: Woman dies in rollover accident

A Bellingham woman died and four people were injured Sunday in a one-vehicle accident north of Oak Harbor, the Washington State Patrol reported.

The deceased woman, 26, is not being identified because next of kin had not been notified.

Drugs or alcohol were allegedly involved in the accident, which occurred when the driver of a 2002 Chevy Trailblazer lost control while traveling westbound on Jones Road at Anker Lane seven miles north of Oak Harbor, according to the state patrol. The vehicle rolled, the state patrol’s report said.

The driver and three other people in the vehicle all were injured and transported to area hospitals. One had to be airlifted from the scene. The deceased woman died at the scene, the state patrol’s report said.

From Herald staff reports