EDMONDS — A man was killed Sept. 19 after he lost control of his pickup and slammed into a utility pole in the 22900 block of Highway 99, Edmonds police said.
The wooden pole broke and part of the pole and the transformer fell onto the cab of the GMC pickup, said police Sgt. Jeff Jones.
The driver, identified as Mark N. Kraft of the Everett area, was pronounced dead at the scene. Kraft, 22, died of “blunt force injuries to the head,” Snohomish County Medical Examiner Leon Reichle said after an autopsy Sept. 22. Kraft was the lone occupant of the truck.
Witnesses told police Kraft was speeding north on Highway 99 before hitting the pole on the east side of the highway. The accident occurred at 8:30 a.m.
The wreck brought electrical wires down across the road, and lanes of Highway 99 near 229th Street SW were closed for four hours.
One northbound lane reopened at 1 p.m., Jones said. The remaining two lanes reopened several hours later.
A Snohomish County PUD crew repaired the downed power pole and wires, Jones said. One business lost power.
Other than the high rate of speed, it is not known exactly how or why the accident occurred, Jones said.
This story is reprinted from the Herald in Everett. Edmonds Enterprise editor Bill Sheets contributed to the report.
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