INDEX – A sinkhole on U.S. 2 just east of the turnoff to Index reappeared Thursday, forcing the state Department of Transportation to restrict traffic on the highway for much of the day.
The sinkhole, about 2 feet long by 2 feet wide by 2 feet deep, was discovered about 10 a.m., said Erin Bogenschutz, a Transportation Department spokeswoman. The hole appeared at the same location where a sinkhole appeared on April 22.
The state recently used ground-penetrating radar at that location and believed that no more sinkholes would appear.
Bogenschutz said the radar showed that there were no large pockets of air below the road surface. The radar was not capable of determining whether there were any small pockets of air like the one that presumably caused the small sinkhole to form Thursday.
Flaggers alternated traffic on the highway until repairs were completed around 8 p.m.
No additional lane closures were expected, but work crews plan to monitor the road all day today to make sure there is no more sinking.
Lynnwood: Man dies in Highway 525 wreck
A Lynnwood man was killed early Thursday and two more were seriously injured in a crash on Highway 525, the Washington State Patrol said.
Kenneth Duane Cody, 45, died when the pickup he was driving hit the median on the southbound ramp to I-5 about 1:30 a.m., troopers said. The truck rolled and the man apparently was thrown from the cab.
“It’s an indication you’re either going too fast or are impaired,” Washington State Patrol trooper Kirk Rudeen said.
Two passengers, a man, 24, and woman, 22, both of Lynnwood, were taken to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle.
Troopers are investigating.
Mill Creek: Police seek suspect in two lurings
Police are still looking for a man who reportedly tried twice this week to abduct elementary school-aged boys.
The stocky man in his 40s or 50s with dark brown or black hair first tried to grab a boy off his bicycle in the Cherry Park area Tuesday morning, police say.
Later, he approached a second boy in the Huckleberry Division area.
The man was wearing a gray T-shirt or tank top, a red baseball cap, headphones, and blue jeans. He was last seen attempting to wave down a brown, older vehicle.
Police ask anyone with information about the abduction attempts to call 911.
From Herald staff reports
> Give us your news tips. > Send us a letter to the editor. > More Herald contact information.Talk to us
