Personal Injury Law

Seattle Car Accident Involving Drunk Driver and Washington State Trooper

By Kirk Bernard, Esq.

Drunk driver hits trooper, cadet on I-5

A drunk driver crashed into the patrol car of a state trooper and cadet, who were both injured in the collision. The crash happened Sunday, along Interstate 5, just south of downtown Seattle, the Washington State Patrol reported.

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The Washington State Patrol also reported that an 18-year-old passenger in other car also suffered serious injuries and was taken to Harborview Medical Center. Firefighters had to cut into the wreckage to pull him out.

At about 2 a.m. Sunday, on the southbound shoulder of I-5 where the troopers were parked to investigate an earlier Seattle automobile accident near the Albro Place exit, the car rear-ended the patrol car, which had emergency lights on.

The driver, an 18-year-old Tacoma man, was arrested for investigation of vehicular assault and booked into the King County Jail.

The troopers were taken to Harborview Medical Center with nonfatal injuries.

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Full post as published by Seattle Injury Blog on December 16, 2008 (boomark / email).