PASCO, Wash. -- A two-car crash is blocking the intersection of 28th Ave and Sylvester St. in Pasco, according to Ben Shearer, with the Pasco Fire Department. According to a tweet from the Pasco Fire Department, crews are currently using extraction equipment to get into one of the cars and are asking drivers to avoid the area. Kennewick [...]
Washington State allows motorists to reject in writing uninsured/underinsured motorist coverage. But why is it not a good idea to go without uninsured motorist coverage? The Insurance Research Council estimates that roughly 16% of drivers on the road are uninsured. Uninsured motorist coverage also covers you in the case of a hit and run. Washington ranked 7th [...]
Early Morning Driver Suspected of DUI A suspected DUI driver drove head-on into another car early Tuesday morning. It happened near the intersection of 148th Street SW on State Route 99 in Lynnwood. The suspected DUI driver, a 45-year-old Auburn woman, was heading north in the southbound lanes in a Hyundai Sonata before smashing head-on [...]
Eye-Opening Wake-Up Call Some high school seniors took part in a Every 15-Minutes community awareness program in their Kennewick high schools this week. It's a program designed to visually communicate the severity of drinking and driving and alcohol related crashes as well as the impact it has on the community around them. Killer Object Lesson During [...]
Photo: courtesy of the Oregon State Police A Slippery Slope--Black Ice and Speed The northeastern corner of Oregon is a well-traveled route between Washington and Idaho. Law enforcement closed the westbound lanes of Interstate 84 for 13 hours due to a 20-car crash on Saturday. Investigators believe that black ice and speed are the [...]
Auto Accident Report: Head-on Collision with a Semi-Truck A 67-year-old man is dead after an auto accident involving a head-on collision with a semi-truck on State Route 24 in Benton County. The Washington State Patrol said the incident happened around 5:21 on Wednesday evening, when the man attempted to pass two other vehicles, one of [...]
Winter usually brings its fair share of weather-related car accidents across the Northwest. With the coldest weather still expected over the next few weeks, we’ve already seen numerous multi-car pile-ups. We also know that a car accident involving multiple cars can happen to even the safest of drivers. These pile-ups are often the result of [...]
Washington Ranks 5 in Worst Drivers Most of us think that we're good drivers, right? No one likes to be told that they are bad at something-especially at something as significant as driving. Adding insult to injury, we’ve all seen our fair share of bad drivers on the road! You're probably picturing some of those [...]
WSP Sergeant's Patrol Car Was Hit by a Drunk Driver For law enforcement--there may be many nights that seem a little surreal or like a scene right out of a movie. Last night could probably be described that way for Washington State Patrol Sergeant Keith Leary. He was assisting with the arrest of a suspected [...]
Two-Car Auto Accident With Serious Personal Injuries Photo courtesy of WSP Four people from the same vehicle were taken to the hospital after sustaining serious personal injuries in an auto accident. The accident occurred in front of Turtle’s Smoke Shop on State Route 167. Two passengers sitting in the back seat, both young children, [...]
