Lynnwood boy, 14, identified as youth killed on Highway 99

Published 1:30 am Tuesday, February 4, 2020

LYNNWOOD — A Lynnwood teenager killed Friday while crossing Highway 99 has been identified.

Deandre Whitaker, 14, was hit by a northbound Ford F-150 pickup when he tried to run across the highway around 7 p.m. near the intersection with 200th Street SW, according to Lynnwood police.

Witnesses reported to police that the truck had a green light.

Officers shut down the road and continued to investigate into the night.

The three people in the pickup — the man who was driving, his spouse and a child — were uninjured.

The driver remained at the scene and cooperated with investigators.