MARYSVILLE — Store owner Melinda Raney had just finished making lattes for some customers Wednesday morning when a young man walked into Hunter’s Corner convenience store wearing a paintball mask. He pulled out what looked like a silver gun and demanded money.
Raney handed the robber some money. He left, but he didn’t get far. Another employee was describing him to police "before he even got into the parking lot," Raney said Wednesday.
The robber jumped into a red pickup with two other occupants and sped west on 84th Street NE, right past a Marysville police officer.
Within five minutes of the robbery at 6:15 a.m. at 8225 84th St. NE, police and a Snohomish County sheriff’s deputy had stopped the truck.
Officers took three teen-age males to the Snohomish County Jail, Marysville police Cmdr. Robb Lamoureux said. Police recovered $157, a paintball mask and a lighter shaped like a small handgun.
It was the first robbery in eight years at the store, which has been family owned since 1935, Raney said.
Train-truck collision victim identified: The Snohomish County Medical Examiner’s Office on Wednesday identified the victim of a train-pickup collision as Ronald M. Lewis, 48, of Marysville.
Lewis died at the scene. He was ejected from his pickup when a southbound Amtrak train collided with it on tracks in the 13100 block of Smokey Point Boulevard.
The accident remains under investigation.
Girl homeward bound after near drowning: A 2-year-old south Everett girl was scheduled to be released today from Children’s Hospital and Regional Medical Center in Seattle after she nearly drowned at Silver Lake.
The incident occurred Tuesday while the girl, her mother and four other children were enjoying themselves at the beach, Everett Fire Marshal Warren Burns said. There were several hundred people at the beach.
"The 2-year-old wandered into the lake while Mom was distracted," he said.
A 10-year-old boy found the girl on the bottom of the lake in knee-deep water, picked her up and started screaming for help, he said.
Lifeguards met the boy at the edge of the lake and administered immediate first aid. The girl began breathing on her own. When fire department medics arrived, they administered oxygen, but the youngster remained lethargic, Burns said.
She was airlifted to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle and then transferred to Children’s, he said.
Hazardous gas prompts evacuation: An accident at Intermec Technologies Corp. on Wednesday sent two people to the hospital briefly and prompted the evacuation of about 700 employees.
A vendor working on a new freezer system in the company’s kitchen in the 6000 block of 36th Avenue W. accidentally released phosgene gas, a refrigerant that created a small vapor cloud about 11:45 a.m., company spokeswoman Kathie Anderson said.
The man inhaled some of the vapor and was treated at Providence Everett Medical Center’s Colby Campus and released. A kitchen worker who was nearby also was checked out at the hospital as a precaution, she said.
"We did evacuate the building as a precaution, as we always do," she said.
Everett firefighters responded because of the hazardous nature of the chemical.
About 900 employees work at the plant, where automated data collection systems are designed and manufactured.
Everything was back to normal by 1 p.m., she said.
From Herald staff reports
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