Collision causes minor injuries, sets fire to power pole in Kent
KENT, WA – A car collided with a utility pole on S. 200th Street at Talbot Road South, causing the pole to catch fire Sunday, KOMO reports. Puget Sound Fire crews on scene of a motor vehicle accident with fire. Power pole also on fire. crews are waiting on. Puget Sound Energy to de-energize...
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Pedestrian fatally hit by Sound Transit train in Kent
KENT, WA – A man was fatally struck by a South Transit train just north of Kent Station on Thursday afternoon, according to KOMO News. Kent Police reported that the man laid down on the train tracks and did not move when the train conductor used horns and emergency whistles to warn of the...
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12-year-old pedestrian killed in two-car pin-in collision in Kent
KENT, WA – A 12-year-old child was killed after being pinned in a pedestrian accident in Kent yesterday, according to a report by KING 5. The accident happened in the 10800 block of SE 208th St. just before 5 p.m. when two vehicles collided, pinning a 12-year-old child between them. Despite resuscitative efforts made...
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Unidentified man lying on tracks struck and killed by train in Kent
KENT, WA – A man died in Kent early Tuesday morning after he was struck by a train while lying on the railroad tracks, according to a police blotter published by the Kent Reporter. The accident happened on the Union Pacific tracks near Willis Street at about 1:50 a.m. after the train conductor had...
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Collision on I-5 southbound in Kent blocks lane
KENT, WA – A car accident on Interstate 5 southbound just north of State Route 516 blocked the right lane of traffic on Friday morning, according to the state Department of Transportation. On I-5 southbound just north of SR 516 there is a collision blocking the right lane. — WSDOT Traffic (@wsdot_traffic) September 11,...
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Kent Police investigate collision on 68th Ave S and S 228th St
KENT, WA – Kent Police and traffic investigators responded to a serious collision on 68th Ave S and S 228th St on Wednesday morning. Serious collision with traffic investigators on scene at the intersection of 68th Ave S and S 228th St. All eastbound traffic on 228th is being diverted southbound and 68th is...
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At least 30 cars burned in a junkyard fire in Kent
KENT, WA – Kent firefighters used over 12,000 gallons of water to contain a fire that was burning a stack of 30-40 cars in a junkyard at the 26100 block of 78th Avenue South early Tuesday morning. Crews from Puget Sound Fire arrived at the scene around 4 a.m. to find the cars fully...
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