INDEX – A Marysville man died Sunday when his pickup truck went down a steep embankment off Mount Index Road.
The crash happened shortly after some sort a domestic disturbance nearby, and a 911 call reporting the man was driving drunk, the Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office reported.
The driver, 43, was headed west on the roadway when his truck left the road to the left and went over a 40 foot embankment.
The driver is believed to be only occupant of the vehicle. When rescue crews reached the truck they found the driver had died.
The location of the crash is about two miles off U.S. 2 near Index.
The initial investigation indicates there were no other cars involved in the crash.
The driver of the truck was involved in a domestic dispute only minutes before the crash at a nearby residence, sheriff’s Lt. Todd Swenson said.
When he drove off, a woman involved in the disturbance called 911 and reported the man as a drunken driver.
Ten minutes later, another 911 call came in reporting the man’s truck off the road. The disturbance was later reported to deputies investigating at the crash scene.
The cause of the crash and the reported domestic disturbance are both being investigated by the sheriff’s office.
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