Local Briefly: Man in critical condition after jump from freeway overpass
Published 11:42 pm Sunday, August 17, 2008
A 66-year-old Shoreline man was listed in critical condition Sunday after, the State Patrol said, he jumped from an overpass onto I-5 in Mountlake Terrace.
The man jumped from the 236th Street SW overpass onto a southbound I-5 lane at 9:19 a.m. and was hit by a semi truck, according to the State Patrol.
“We had witness accounts that this person simply jumped off the side, and there’s no reason behind it. We don’t have notes or anything that was left,” State Patrol Trooper Keith Leary said.
The man was taken to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle. The driver of the truck, a 57-year-old man from Prince George, B.C., was not injured.
The southbound lanes were closed initially, and the traffic backup reached 4 miles long, according to the state Department of Transportation. Traffic then was allowed to pass through and the freeway was fully reopened by about 10:10 a.m., he said.
Bow: Man dies from accident injuries
A Marysville man died Sunday from injuries he suffered in a motorcycle accident in Skagit County on Thursday, according to the State Patrol.
Shawn T. McCarthy, 35, died at 6:56 a.m. Sunday at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, the State Patrol said.
McCarthy was northbound on Chuckanut Drive about 11:30 a.m. Thursday when his motorcycle crossed the center line and collided with a 1999 Dodge Durango, according to a State Patrol accident memo.
Seattle: Smog watch cancelled for region
The Puget Sound Clean Air Agency on Sunday morning cancelled the smog watch put in place Thursday for the Puget Sound region.
The wind was blowing in from the ocean and air quality was expected to remain within “good” levels the remainder of the week in Snohomish, King, Kitsap and Pierce counties.
Information on current and forecasted air quality is available at www.pscleanair.org.
As a way to maintain air quality, the agency recommends driving less and using yard and recreational equipment that do not use gasoline.
For more information go to www.pscleanair.org/airq/basics/weather/smog.aspx.
From Herald staff reports
