Archive for September, 2011

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Hit-and-run Makes Parents Question Bus Stop Safety

September 28, 2011

The death of an 11-year-old Wapato Middle School student caused by a hit-and-run accident at a bus stop has prompted educators and parents to make changes that will ensure a tragedy like this will not happen again.

According to KNDO News, the boy was crossing the street at Yakima Valley Highway and West Parker Heights Road early Friday afternoon. The boy’s father was waiting to pick him up at the stop and was watching as a truck approached his son. “When he started running toward me, there was nothing I could do,” the father said. “I saw the car but I couldn’t say anything, and the car hit him.” Witnesses say the light grey or silver pickup stopped after the crash, but moments later fled the scene.

Superintendent Becky Imler stated, “Safety is always a paramount goal of Wapato Public Schools no matter what the issue is, and this is a very tragic situation.” Her response, thus far, has been to place staff at the dangerous stop to help the children cross, and to evaluate the stop itself for what changes could be made. Imler added, “We do take this very seriously.”

The Washington Auto Accident Attorneys with the Defoe Pickett Law Firm are available to answer any legal questions family members of a hit-and-run victim may have. They can be reached by simply filling out a free online consultation form. 

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Sep

Washington Crash Kills One And Injures Two Senior Citizens

September 21, 2011
Accidents that leave a healthy, young person virtually unscathed can be deadly for fragile, elderly individuals. That was the case Tuesday for three women in their 80’s were leaving Shari’s Restaurant in Shoreline, Washington. King 5 News reports that the women had just wrapped up a lunch date moments before the crash.
The women were riding together in a Honda Accord when the driver lost control of the vehicle and crashed into a pole in the parking lot. Witnesses say the lights in the nearby building shook when the collision occurred. One female witness reports, “We just heard a loud bang. You could see the lights shaking. Sounded like something hit the building….It really breaks my heart.” Airbags deployed, which may have played a part in the death of the front seat passenger. The driver and the other passenger were listed in critical condition following the crash.
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Sep

Driver Sought In Seattle Hit-And-Run Case

September 14, 2011

Police are searching for a man who is accused in a hit and run case involving a 9-year-old girl that left her severely injured earlier this year in May. According to KOMO News, the Seattle Police Department has named the suspect, Daniel Newell, in the case and considers him armed and dangerous.

Officer say that on May 30, they responded to a call of stolen Toyota Land Cruiser. They located the vehicle speeding near Fifth Avenue North at Broad Street just before the afternoon rush hour. Officers attempted to pull the vehicle over, but it sped away, prompting a short-lived chase that was called off by a supervisor for the safety of officers and others. In an effort to escape the driver of the SUV struck a tree before running over the little girl who was walking with her mother. The SUV never stopped and cut through a nearby park to make it’s escape. Police found the vehicle abandoned a short time later near Mercer Street and Yale Avenue.

The young girl had to be transported to Harborview Medical Center for treatment to her injuries, which she is still recovering from months later.

Police along with the Washington Auto Accident Attorneys with the Defoe Pickett Law Firm encourage anyone with information on the whereabouts of Robert Newell to contact 911 immediately. He is 5 feet 9 inches tall, weighing 150 pounds with green eyes and brown hair. He face charges of vehicular assault and felony hit-and-run.

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Alcohol And Speed Factors In Cowiche Crash That Injured Four

September 7, 2011

A single vehicle crash along a Washington roadway Monday evening has left one person in critical condition and three others with minor injuries. KNDO News reports that alcohol and speed are to blame for the crash.

A Washington State Patrol spokesman stated a 23-year-old woman was driving with three friends in a silver Mazda sedan down Thompson Road in Cowiche, Washington. It was just after 7:00 PM, when the young woman who had been drinking earlier, punched the gas while rounding a curve. She lost control of the vehicle just before it began to skid and roll across the asphalt and into the hedges in the yard of a nearby home.

A 22-year-old male passenger was not wearing his seat belt during the crash and was thrown from the vehicle, while another passenger was trapped in the wreckage that had now caught fire.

Rescuers were able to free the trapped passenger from the burning car and had the young man who was thrown out airlifted to Yakima Memorial Hospital. The driver and other passenger were treated and released at the scene for minor injuries.

Troopers say that the driver has charges pending against her stemming from the speeding and alcohol that contributed to the crash.

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