MOUNTLAKE TERRACE — Police said they found 41 grams of cocaine during a traffic stop early Sunday.
A Lynnwood man, 42, was arrested on drug charges, Mountlake Terrace police Sgt. Doug Hansen said.
The arrest came after officers stopped an erratically driven vehicle just before 2 a.m. Sunday in the 22800 block of 66th Avenue W., he said.
The driver, a Mountlake Terrace woman, 26, told police she agreed to give the man a ride in exchange for some drugs, Hansen said.
She was cited for driving under the influence. The man was booked into the Snohomish County Jail.
@3. Headline Briefs 14 no:1957 Chevy plows into store when brakes fail
Nobody was around to greet a surprise visitor at General Freight Services on Monday afternoon. That was good.
The visitor was a 1957 Chevy that slammed into the window of the business in the 6900 block of 220th Street SW around 4:15 p.m., said Snohomish County Fire District 1 spokeswoman Leslie Hynes.
“I’m relieved that nobody was injured. It would’ve been bad,” Benjamin Brandon, the driver, said.
Brandon, 20, of Mountlake Terrace said he was heading to a gas station when the car’s brakes failed suddenly. He tried to drive into a parking space, but ended up crashing the car into the window.
“It was my uncle’s car,” he said, adding he plans to have the car fixed.
Keystone: Large wave washes across ferry
Passengers aboard the Snohomish ferry had a rough ride Friday evening.
A wave crashed into the ferry, sending water on board, knocking down ceiling tiles, and damaging carpet and an alarm. Passengers were scared, but no one was injured, according to Traci Brewer-Rogstad, deputy executive director at the ferry system.
The wave hit the passenger ferry as it was heading from Port Townsend to Keystone during the 5:05 p.m. sailing in winds of 24 to 28 knots, she said.
About halfway across Admiralty Inlet, a freighter ship passed. The Snohomish followed in its wake and was hit by a “rogue wave” that sent swells onto the boat in two different places, Brewer-Rogstad said. A portion of the bow went underwater. Brewer-Rogstad said she did not believe that water went into the cabin area where passengers were sitting.
The Snohomish continued on to Keystone; then was taken out of service for the remainder of the night. The ferry underwent repairs and was sailing again on Saturday.
Lynnwood: Gas oven explodes, hurts student
A gas oven in the culinary department at Edmonds Community College exploded Monday morning, sending a student to the hospital with singed eyebrows and first-degree burns, officials said.
The student was lighting the oven when gas built up and exploded, Lynnwood fire spokeswoman Marybeth O’Leary said.
“Her face and neck were red and her hair was singed,” said Michele Graves, a college spokeswoman.
School officials weren’t sure what happened with the oven, she said. Instructors will light the oven from now on.
The school’s kitchen is being renovated and the school planned to replace the oven that exploded this spring, Graves said.
Leak in a gas line closes intersection
A gas leak closed an intersection in Lynnwood for several hours Monday, officials said.
Lynnwood firefighters were sent to investigate natural gas odors just after noon near the intersection of 68th Avenue W. and 200th Street SW, said Marybeth O’Leary, a fire department spokeswoman.
Contractors were working to replace an old natural gas line, she said. When fire crews arrived, the contractors already were working on fixing a leak in the gas line.
The intersection was closed and three homes were evacuated as a precaution, O’Leary said. No one was injured.
From Herald staff reports
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