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SubscribeDecember 28, 2012 at 8:27 PM
Two drowned after car plunged into Green River
Two people drowned early Friday morning in Tukwila after their vehicle plunged into Green River.
The King County Medical Examiner’s Office identified them as Johnetta Powell-Stewart, 35, and Conjewel M. Glover, 38.
Police found both drowned at about 1:45 a.m. near South 180th Street, not far from Southcenter Mall, according to KOMO4. Witnesses told police the car was speeding when it slammed into an embankment and then flew into the river, according to the report.
Comments | More in The Blotter | Topics: car accident, Green River, Tukwila
November 13, 2012 at 7:45 AM
Thief strikes Marysville woman helping at crash scene
The Associated Press
MARYSVILLE — Peggy Ray didn’t think twice when she stopped her car and ran to help victims of an accident on Interstate 5 near Everett.
She crawled through a broken window Saturday and helped stabilize a bleeding driver and his passenger until an emergency crew arrived to rescue the people trapped in the partially submerged car.
But Ray told KOMO-TV that when she returned to her vehicle, $900 had been taken from her purse. It represented two weeks’ work for the Marysville barista who supports six teenage kids.
Ray says someone else who pulled over at the accident scene likely took the money from her purse.
Washington state troopers are investigating and hope a tip might lead to an arres
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February 29, 2012 at 9:05 AM
UW students injured in California van crash released from hospital
Four University of Washington students who were hospitalized last week after a traffic accident on a coastal California highway have been released from the hospital with plans to return to Seattle.
UW spokesman Norm Arkans said that three of the four drove back to Seattle on Monday. The fourth injured student was scheduled to fly back on Tuesday, he said.
Two vans, each carrying 11 students and being driven by students, were traveling side by side southbound on Highway 101 near Bradley, Calif., when the van in the right lane veered into the left lane, ramming into the right side of the other, according to the California Highway Patrol.
The van that was struck then swerved back and forth before overturning on the shoulder, the report says. Two students were ejected from that van. Four students were hospitalized and another five received minor injuries, authorities said.
Most of the students are in the UW’s business school, Arkans said. The students were on their way to a leadership seminar in Santa Maria.
Comments | More in Education, The Blotter, Traffic & Transit | Topics: California, car accident, Seattle
January 10, 2012 at 9:13 PM
SR-167 head-on crash victim was new father en route to hospital
One of the two men who died in the head-on crash on State Route 167 on Monday was a new father, en route to the hospital to pick up his girlfriend and their newborn, the Tacoma News Tribune reported.
The man, Jerry Neal, 28, of Bonney Lake, was driving the SUV that crossed into oncoming traffic and struck the car driven by Gregory Stevens, 30, of Puyallup.
Stevens was on his way home after running errands when the crash occurred
Washington State Patrol troopers are still investigating the cause of the accident.
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