Seattle DOT lowers most speed limits to 25 mph
SEATTLE, WA - The Seattle Department of Transportation has finished work on its project to lower speed limits on most city streets to 25 miles per hour, KOMO News reports. Crews added approximately 2,500 new speed limit signs covering some 415 miles of city roads as part of the city's Vision Zero initiative. Studies...
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Update: More details emerge in fatal Puyallup collision
PUYALLUP, WA - The man who caused a car accident that killed a 31-year-old woman in Puyallup on Sunday was apparently under the influence of drugs at the time and did not realize he had been in an accident, KOMO News reports. Prosecutors say 31-year-old Pierce R.L. Pearson was traveling roughly 100 miles per...
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Motorcyclist killed on SR 509 near 128th St
BURIEN, WA - A motorcyclist was killed yesterday in an accident on southbound SR 509 just north of 128th Street, according to the Washington State Patrol District 2 PIO. Here are two pictures from the motorcycle fatality collision. WSP is investigating the cause of the crash at this time. Please avoid the area, and...
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Lynwood man killed in 2-car crash on I-5 in Maytown
MAYTOWN, WA - A 68-year-old man from Lynwood was killed in a two-vehicle crash on southbound I-5 in Maytown on Friday, according to WSP District 1 PIO Ryan Burke. South I-5@ milepost 96 (Maytown, Olympia). 2 car collision, 68 year old male from Lynnwood, Deceased at scene. No others involved injured. — Trooper Ryan...
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2-vehicle crash shuts down 26th Ave SW and SW 106th St
SEATTLE, WA - King County Sheriff deputies responded to a two-vehicle collision in southwest Seattle on Saturday that left an SUV on its side, West Seattle Blog reports. The collision occurred at the intersection of 26th Avenue SW and SW 106th Street sometime before 9:26 p.m. on March 6. A photograph of the crash...
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Crash blocks right lane on SB SR 99 at Duwamish Bridge
SEATTLE, WA - A crash blocked the far right lane on SR-99's Duwamish Bridge this morning, the Washington State Department of Transportation reports. #Seattle: Right lane blocked on the southbound SR 99 Duwamish Bridge. Expect delays. pic.twitter.com/BMdgOK8vGF — WSDOT Traffic (@wsdot_traffic) March 8, 2021 Footage taken from a traffic camera in the area shows...
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1 dead following car vs. bus crash in Lakewood
LAKEWOOD, WA - A 44-year-old woman from Tacoma was killed in a car vs. bus collision on I-5 southbound at 96th Street Friday night, the Washington State Patrol reports. The woman was taken to an unspecified hospital, where she died. Two people were on the bus at the time, but neither was injured. Few...
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