Child critically injured by falling rock at climbing area near Seattle
INDEX, WA -- A 6-year-old boy was hospitalized Sunday evening after a loose rock fell on him at a well-known rock-climbing area northeast of Seattle, according to KOMO News. The accident happened at the lower area of the Index Town Walls near the Skykomish River shortly after 5:00 p.m. Chief Eric Andrews with Snohomish...
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Young girl injured after 10-foot fall in Seattle
SEATTLE, WA -- A 4-year-old girl was hospitalized Wednesday morning after falling ten feet from a window and landing on a car hood in Seattle, according to KOMO News. A spokesperson with the Seattle Fire Department said the girl, whose identity was not released, was listed in stable condition at Harborview Medical Center. The...
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Two injured in separate thrown object incidents in Seattle
SEATTLE, WA -- Two people sustained injuries in different incidents on Tuesday night that involved large pieces of concrete and rocks thrown at cars along I-90 near Mt. Baker Tunnel, according to Kiro 7. Mercer Island EMTs said drivers going eastbound and westbound along the I-90 I-5 merge were affected. One person was taken...
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18-month-old toddler critically injured after fall in North Seattle
SEATTLE, Wa -- According to KOMO News, an 18-month-old toddler suffered critical injuries following a 20-foot fall from a third story window. Emergency workers arrived at a home on the 4100 block of Linden Avenue North upon receiving a call around 7:30 p.m. A spokesperson with the Seattle Fire Department says the 18-month-old boy...
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3-year-old girl fatally run over by tractor in Yakima County
MABTON, WA (YAKIMA COUNTY) – A 3-year-old girl was killed after being run over by a farm tractor in Yakima County yesterday afternoon, according to KOMO News. The incident occurred in a field near the 6400 block of Sunnyside-Mabton Highway, north of the Yakima River, in northern Mabton, at about 3:30 p.m. A man...
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6 King County children hospitalized for E. coli
KING COUNTY, WA - Authorities re investigating after seven children become seriously ill from E. coli in recent weeks, six requiring hospitalization, Q 13 Fox reports. The seven affected children began showing symptoms between April 17 and April 29, and were reported to King County Public Health between April 22 and May 1. Investigators...
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Construction accident closes Alderwood Mall Blvd in Lynwood
LYNNWOOD, WA - Authorities shut down Alderwood Mall Boulevard this morning so that emergency responders could rescue a construction worker who had become trapped in a lift-truck basket, KOMO reports. The accident happened at a construction site in the 4100 block of Alderwood Mall, near I-5 and 44th Avenue, and was reported around 7:20...
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