Vancouver, Wash. – An early-morning blaze Wednesday at an east Vancouver home killed five family pets.
The human occupants were hospitalized with minor fire-and-smoke-related injuries.
A 40-year-old male suffered minor burns on his hands and was hospitalized. A 35-year-old woman was also treated for smoke inhalation. Two dogs and three cats died.
The Columbian
Forks: Young logger killed by falling tree
A young Forks logger died when a tree fell on him Tuesday.
Shain Keys, 23, was pronounced dead by Clallam County Sheriff’s Department Deputy Randy Pieper at the site of what may be investigated as an industrial accident.
The young man was working with his father, Carl Keys, who attempted unsuccessfully to revive him using cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
“He was cutting down an alder tree,” said Pieper, who also serves as a deputy coroner. “A hemlock was leaning or was hung up, and it came down on him.”
Peninsula Daily News
Montesano: Coach admits sex with girl
Hoquiam High School coach Todd Hoiness has pleaded guilty to sexual misconduct with a minor for having sex with a girl he coached on the girls wrestling team.
The Daily World of Aberdeen reports the plea is the result of an agreement with the Grays Harbor County prosecutor who reduced the charge from a felony to a misdemeanor.
Prosecutor Stew Menefee is asking for a nine-month jail sentence when Hoiness is sentenced Aug. 9 in Montesano.
Associated Press
Seattle: Truck-wheel accidents studied
SEATTLE – At least six crashes blamed on loose truck wheels in the Seattle area since May 1, one of them fatal, have spawned an investigation in Canada and the United States.
Officials with the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance in Washington, D.C., an association of state and federal officials in Canada, Mexico and the United States, began a preliminary inquiry after the first wrecks in May.
The alliance is asking for an accounting of crashes involving loose truck wheels in the U.S. and Canada to get an idea how widespread the problem is.
The most recent accident occurred just after midnight Monday when a Safeway Inc. water truck driver hit an errant semi-truck wheel in Kirkland. The water truck driver narrowly escaped injury, and traffic was backed up for 10 miles on I-405. The vehicle from which the wheel came loose was not identified.
On May 11, John Ellis, 31, of Bothell died when a truck-wheel assembly bounced onto the sport utility vehicle he was driving through Tukwila.
Associated Press
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