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A pickup truck driver was killed recently when his truck rolled over on Highway 101 near Sequim, Washington, as he tried to avoid two other vehicles that had just been in an accident. KOMO News reported that the driver died instantly. The earlier accident involved a car that had slowed…

Federal accident investigators are calling on states to significantly lower the drunk driving threshold, as other nations have done, to reduce deaths from alcohol-impaired driving. The National Transportation Safety Board urged states to reduce the current 0.08 percent blood-alcohol standard to 0.05 percent, the Associated Press reports. According the NTSB,…

The State of Washington’s boating laws just got a little tougher thanks to a bill signed into law by Governor Jay Inslee. The most important provision makes boating under the influence, or BUI, a gross misdemeanor, punishable by up to a year in jail and up to a $5,000 fine….

Law enforcement officers and the public have been crying out for new measures to keep drunk drivers off the state’s roadways. Washington State lawmakers are listening. Legislators recently reached a tentative agreement that will include harsher penalties and additional oversight for people who are charged or convicted of an alcohol-related…

A recent wrong-way collision on Interstate 5 in Tukwila, Washington, sent three people to the hospital, according to the Tukwila Reporter. According to the Washington State Police, a pickup driver tried to exit the interstate at an on-ramp, colliding head on with a car entering the interstate. Two people in…

Police in Kennewick, Washington, recently warned motorists against trying to handle traffic accidents without police assistance, KNDU reported. The warning came after a motorist allegedly hit a pedestrian, but the pedestrian did not want to contact the police. Instead, the pedestrian asked the motorist for money. Washington State law requires…

A Boise woman was fatally injured recently in a rollover accident in Washington State. According to Washington state troopers, the recent graduate of Boise State University was a passenger in a 2007 Ford Focus being driven by a 22-year-old Spokane man. The Spokesman-Review quoted troopers as saying the driver fell…

A recent government report concludes that elderly pedestrians are at much higher risk for fatal injuries in a traffic accident than their younger counterparts. In fact, pedestrians over age 75 are twice as likely to be killed in an accident as those under 34, based on data from 2001 to…

Distracted driving has long been a cause of accidents. In recent years, though, the use of mobile phones and navigation devices has caused the number of distracted-driving accidents to rise significantly. The National Safety Council urges drivers to: Stop using cellphones while driving. Understand the dangers of the cognitive distraction…

One man was killed April 9 in a three-vehicle accident on Route 243 near Mattawa, Wash., that also injured five others, according to news reports. The 63-year-olc man was riding in a car that slowed because of traffic ahead and was rear-ended by another vehicle. The impact sent the car…