Category: Car Accidents

According to the Washington State Patrol, vehicle accidents throughout the State of Washington are at their lowest point in 11 years. Fewer than 99,000 collisions occurred in the State of Washington in 2011, down from a peak of 123,000 in 2005, according to a report in the Everett, Wash., Herald….

The driver and a passenger were injured in September when a 2000 Volvo station wagon rolled over and slammed into the concrete median of interstate 90 near Ellensburg, Washington. According to a report in the Yakima Herald, the Volvo had started to drift off the road to the right and…

A woman was critically injured in September in the latest of three serious accidents within a week on a stretch of U.S. 2 in Snohomish County, Wash. The woman, 56, was a passenger in a Honda Accord that struck a dump truck attempting to merge onto the highway, according to…

Two Yakima residents were injured recently when their Honda was rear-ended by a pickup truck on State Route 821. The driver of the truck, a 24-year-old Ellensburg man, was charged with driving under the influence, the Yakima Herald reported. At the time of the car accident, the Honda driver had slowed down…

Serious tragedy was averted last month when a pickup truck crashed into a house in Jefferson County, Wash. According to the Washington State Patrol, a 65-year-old Port Hadlock man was behind the wheel of the 1990 Chevrolet pickup when it struck a stop sign and a fire hydrant before crashing…

A 36-year-old Washington woman is lucky to be alive after surviving what can only be called a freak car accident two weeks ago, according to news reports. The Deming, Washington resident was out shopping for a child’s birthday present when the truck in front of her suddenly slammed on the…

The owners of Custom Hearth stove store were certainly not expecting what happened on a recent Thursday afternoon. It was business as usual at the store until a Dodge Durango crashed into a corner of the store, according to news reports. Luckily, no one was injured in the crash, but…

Most people have a basic understanding of how a personal injury car accident lawsuit works. Assuming that the defendant was carrying liability insurance as required by Washington State law, a victim should be compensated for any injuries sustained in the accident if the other party was at fault. It sounds…

A White Swan man is facing felony driving under the influence, or DUI, charges as a result of a serious car crash last week in Yakima, according to news reports. According to police reports, the driver failed to yield for a red light Saturday evening while southbound on Third Street…

A 68-year-old Yakima woman caused what turned out to be a fatal crash last Monday when she attempted a U-turn in the middle of the street, according to the Yakima Herald. The Yakima resident tried to make a U-turn in her 2003 Ford Escape in the middle of Highway 97…