Truck’s mirror sends jogger to the hospital

ARLINGTON — A man jogging along Highway 9 was struck and seriously injured Thursday by the side mirror on a pickup truck.

The jogger, William A. Heckman, 43, of Bellingham was listed in critical condition at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle.

He was jogging near the fog line on Highway 9, south of 172nd Street NE, when he was hit by the mirror on a 1989 Ford pickup driven by Aaron D. Hillaire, 36, of Sedro-Woolley, according to the Washington State Patrol.

Heckman was airlifted to the Seattle trauma center shortly after the accident at 5:49 p.m.

Scald hospitalizes girl: A 1-year-old girl accidentally scalded by hot water Thursday was listed in serious condition at Harborview Medical Center’s burn unit.

The youngster was injured about 11 a.m. at her home in the area of 160th Street SW and Meadow Road, Fire District No. 1 firefighter Jeff Larmore said.

The baby’s mother had heated water for a bath, and the youngster accidentally fell in, he said. She was burned from the neck down.

"We just grabbed her and wrapped her," he said.

Suburban goes up in flames: A spectacular vehicle fire, visible for miles Wednesday morning, sent flames shooting 20 feet in the air.

No one was hurt in the blaze, which consumed a propane-powered 1977 Chevrolet Suburban on property next to Good Road at the island’s north end.

The fire started after the vehicle’s owner tried to repair a leak in a propane line that powered the vehicle’s portable refrigerator. But the leak got bigger and ignited, said Craig Helgeland, assistant fire chief for Camano Island Fire and Rescue.

Firefighters waited for the propane to burn off before attacking the blaze, and temporarily closed Good Road. The explosion ripped open the roof of the vehicle as if it had been removed with a can opener, Helgeland said.

The fire, which was ruled accidental, lasted about 30 minutes, Helgeland said.

"We did see from a mile away a large black column of smoke. We could see the flames shooting up from almost a mile away."

Boy in fatal wreck identified: The King County Medical Examiner’s Office staff identified the victim of a fatal car crash Monday as Quenton Wall, 5, of Everett.

He died Tuesday morning at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle of severe head injuries.

He was a front-seat passenger in a car driven by a friend and was not wearing any safety restraints, Washington State Patrol Trooper Lance Ramsay said. The car drifted off I-5 and struck the back of a van that had broken down minutes before and was parked on the northbound shoulder, he said.

Robber strikes: A man who robbed Norm’s Market in 10000 block of Lundeen Parkway of an undisclosed amount of money Thursday may be responsible for other local robberies, authorities said.

The robber entered the market, implied he had a gun and demanded money at about 4:40 p.m., Snohomish County sheriff’s spokeswoman Jan Jorgensen said.

A sheriff’s K-9 unit unsuccessfully tried to track the robber, who fits the description of the robber in several other recent holdups, she said.

Detectives ask anyone with information on the robber to call the sheriff’s tip line at 425-388-3845.

Stolen vehicles recovered: Police arrested three men accused of using vehicles stolen from Everett, Seattle and Shoreline to go four-wheeling in the Reiter Pit area east of Gold Bar, police said.

Officers recovered the vehicles Wednesday, including one lying on its side on a road in the pit area, which is popular with motorcycle and off-road-vehicle riders.

Patrol officers spotted two of the vehicles near the 33600 block of U.S. 2, parked in front of the East Teak Co., Sultan Police Chief Fred Walser said Thursday.

A 43-year-old man and an 18-year-old man, both of Eatonville, and a 28-year-old registered sex offender from Everett were booked into Snohomish County Jail.

Bank robbed: Authorities are seeking the public’s help to identify a gunman who on Wednesday brazenly robbed a U.S. Bank branch in the 3700 block of Harbour Pointe Boulevard.

The robbery, which occurred at 5:30 p.m., may not be the gunman’s first, FBI spokesman Ray Lauer said Thursday. The suspect is being looked at for at least one other robbery in July in the Bothell area.

"About two-thirds of our bank robbers are the quiet, unassuming, and quite frankly, the smarter bank robbers because they slip in and slip out. When someone shows the propensity for waving a gun around and making himself known, he’s always a little more scary," Lauer said.

The robber entered the bank, pointed the gun at people and made verbal demands for money, Lauer said. He fled in a black Chevrolet van.

Investigators ask anyone with information to call the FBI at 206-622-0460.

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