Seattle Car Accident Lawyer Blog

A 30-year-old woman was seriously injured when her car hit a tree around 9:25pm Saturday night. The single-car accident occurred on Highway 165 near Buckley.

According to the report in The Olympian, the woman was driving a 2001 Mazda 626 when she went off the road near 133rd.

The woman was taken to Madigan Army Medical Center in Tacoma for treatment.

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Seattle's King5.com reports that two sisters -- a 16-year-old girl and her toddler sister -- were hit as they crossed in a crosswalk in the 12600 block of 100th Avenue NE in Kirkland.

According to the report, both sisters were taken to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle for treatment of possible fractures and a head injury.

The pedestrian accident occurred as the girls crossed the crosswalk when one vehicle stopped for them but a second vehicle failed to stop and struck both girls.

Vehicle Code, RCW 46.61.235, states that whenever a vehicle is stopped to allow a pedestrian to cross the street, another vehicle approaching from the rear shall not pass the stopped vehicle.

This information is provided by Seattle Car Accident Lawyer blog, a service of The Farber Law Group. We represent people who have been seriously injured in pedestrian accidents and the family of those killed. With our help, you may recover compensation for your damages including pain and suffering.

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A 23-year-old pedestrian suffered life-threatening injuries and was taken to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle after being hit by a car near the University of Washington. The pedestrian apparently struck his head after he was hit.

According to a report in The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, the pedestrian was crossing the street on 43rd when a car driven by a 36-year-old man turned onto 43rd and hit the man.

Police are investigating the pedestrian accident.

Washington State Vehicle Code, RCW 46.61.235, which pertains to pedestrians in crosswalks states that a vehicle should remain stopped to allow a pedestrian or bicycle to cross the road if the pedestrian or bicycle is upon or within one lane of the half of the roadway upon which the vehicle is turning onto.

This information is provided by Seattle Car Accident Lawyer blog, a service of The Farber Law Group. We represent people who have been seriously injured in pedestrian accidents and the family of those killed.

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The Tacoma News Tribune reports that a hit-and-run car accident critically injured a 3-month-old baby boy in Fife around 10pm on Sunday night.

According to the report, a car driven by a 26-year-old man with a suspended driver's license ran a red light and hit the car that the baby was riding in. The 26-year-old man then fled the accident scene and was arrested a few hours later. He was booked on suspicion of vehicular assault.

The car accident occurred on 20th Street East and 70th Avenue East.

The injured baby was taken to Mary Bridge Children's Hospital in Tacoma where his injuries are considered life-threatening. His father, who was driving the car, was treated for minor injuries.

A person can be charged with vehicular assault of a person is injured in a car accident and the driver was driving with reckless disregard to the safety of others or driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs..

This information is provided by Seattle Car Accident Lawyer blog, a service of The Farber Law Group. We represent people who have been seriously injured in car accidents and the family of those killed. With our help, you may obtain compensation for your damages, including pain and suffering.

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The Department of Transportation is getting tough with professional drivers who text message while driving, prohibiting all truck and bus drivers from sending text messages -- texting -- while driving a commercial vehicle.

The penalty for texting includes civil or criminal penalties and fines up to $2,750 says the DOT.
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Research shows that drivers who text message take their eyes off of the road from between 4-6 seconds while texting. If the driver is moving at speeds of 55 miles an hour, they will have driven the length of a football field before their eyes look at the road.

A Vancouver, Washington man was just sentenced to 5 years in prison for Vehicular Homicide after a fatal car accident attributed to the fact that he was texting while driving. Antonio Cellestine hit and killed a bicyclist, Gordon Patterson, who was riding his bicycle at the time. Cell phone records show that Cellestine had been texting prior and during the accident.

The message is getting out to all drivers: no texting while driving!

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Toyota Motor Co. has suspended the sale of eight of their vehicle models which they have recalled to fix a problem with accelerator pedals that stick.

Toyota has now recalled 6.5 million Toyota and Lexus car and vehicles total due to sticky accelerator pedals and problems with floor mats. In one case, a car accident killed the members of a man's family when an accelerator pedal got stuck on a mismatched floor mat.

Recalls include the following vehicles:

• 2009-2010 RAV4
• 2009-2010 Corolla
• 2009-2010 Matrix
• 2005-2010 Avalon
• 2007-2010 Camry
• 2010 Highlander
• 2007-2010 Tundra
• 2008-2010 Sequoia

If you or a loved one has been injured or killed due to a defective automobile, you may be eligible for compensation for your damages. Contact The Farber Law Group, a Washington personal injury law firm that specializes in representing motor vehicle accident victims and their families.

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A car was hit by the Sound Transit light-rail train in the Rainer Beach area of Seattle on Sunday reports The Seattle Times. No injuries were reported.

According to the report, the motor vehicle accident occurred a little before 6pm when the car turned left in front of the train.

The Sound Transit light-rail service began in July and this is the fourth accident involving a car. Anecdotal evidence in other cities suggests that collisions between the light-train and cars lessens after drivers of automobiles become accustomed to the trains.

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The Seattle Times reports that Antonio Cellestine of Vancouver has been sentenced to 60 months in prison for Vehicular Homicide after he hit a bicyclist who was riding home from work.

Cellestine was text messaging his girlfriend when his car veered into the bicycle lane and he hit and killed Gordon Patterson a 50-year-old high school teacher in September of 2009. Records from Cellestine's cell phone proved that he was text messaging using his cell phone prior to and during the car accident.

A person can be convicted for Vehicular Homicide if a person was killed and the driver was driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs or driving with reckless disregard to the safety of others.

Cellestine's conviction is thought to be the first Vehicular Homicide conviction due to text messaging in Washington. This conviction comes at a time when the state legislature is considering making texting and using a hand-held cell phone in the state a primary offense.

This information is provided by Seattle Car Accident Lawyer blog, a service of The Farber Law Group. We represent people who have been seriously injured in a car or bicycle accident and the family of those killed. If you believe your car accident was a result of someones negligent use of a cell phone, read "What if my accident was caused by someone using a cell phone?"

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A 2-year-old Lakewood girl is recovering from her injuries after being shot in what police are calling an incident of 'road rage' in Tacoma on Sunday afternoon. The shooting occurred on the girl's second birthday.

According to a report in Tacoma's The News Tribune, a traffic incident occurred around 82nd Street and McKinley Avenue East around 2pm. The girl's father apparently thought a vehicle had "cut him off" so he cut the other vehicle off. That is when the driver of the second vehicle shot at the sedan the girl was riding in and she was hit.

Road rage is when a driver or passenger attempts to intimidate, injure or kill a driver or passenger in another vehicle on the road. Most road rage cases occur because of drivers cutting each other off, because of lane changes, parking spot disputes or gestures. Males are the perpetrators in most cases of road rage. In this case, police are looking for a Pacific Islander male, possibly Samoan, driving a black Ford Explorer.

This information is provided by Seattle Car Accident Lawyer blog, a service of The Farber Law Group. We represent people who have been seriously injured in car accidents and the families of those killed. With our help, you may recover compensation for your damages including pain and suffering.

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Two young brothers have died of injuries sustained in a Saturday night car accident along the Bay Street curve in Tacoma. The Bay Street curve is an area where Tacoma police have installed speed cameras in order to slow down traffic. Jordan Davis age 11 died a short time after the car accident and his brother, Jared Davis, age 8, died Sunday evening after he underwent surgery for his injuries.

According to a report written by Stacey Mulick in Tacoma's The News Tribune, the car accident occurred around 10:35 after the mother, a 41-year-old Bonney Lake woman, and her two sons left the Monster Truck Show held at the Tacoma Dome. The woman lost control of the car along the curve and went over the concrete lane divider and into oncoming traffic. Her car was hit by a small SUV on the passenger side.

The Tacoma Police department is investigating the mother for Vehicular Homicide as they believe alcohol and speed may have contributed to the accident. Vehicular Homicide can be charged if a person is killed in a car accident and the driver is under the influence of alcohol or drugs or driving with reckless disregard to the safety of others.

This information is provided by Seattle Car Accident Lawyer blog, a service of The Farber Law Group. We represent people who have been seriously injured in car accidents and the family of those killed.

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A 57-year-old Kent, Washington man, James P. Suddoth, was killed in a motorcycle accident on Saturday on Highway 512 in Pierce County on Saturday night.

According to a report written by Stephanie Clark writing for Tacoma's The News Tribune, Suddoth lost control of his Harley Davidson, hit a cable barrier and landed in the roadway where he was struck by three vehicles.

The driver of the first vehicle left the accident scene and police are trying to locate him or her. Suddoth was also hit by a Nissan Altima driven by a 46-year-old Vancouver, WA, man and a Chevrolet pickup driven by a 19-year-old Bonney Lake man. Both the Nissan and Chevrolet sustained heavy damage but neither drivers were injured.

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A trucker who crashed his tractor-trailer rig while driving southbound on Interstate 5 in Oregon says he had choked on a piece of chicken which caused him to pass out and lose control of his big rig.

According to a report on KOMO News.com, 45-year-old Andrew Quintero was not injured in the trucking accident. However, the overturned big right blocked northbound traffic for several hours.

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The driver of a reported stolen car was involved in a single-car accident when he ran into a utility pole while he was being chased by a Snohomish County sheriff.

According to a report written by Jackson Holtz in the Everett Herald.net, police were chasing a man in his 20s on North Road in unincorporated Bothell when he crashed. The driver of the vehicle was injured and he was taken to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle where he died.

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A King County Sheriff's deputy was injured when he was hit by a car while he was out of his car on Highway 169 -- the Maple Valley Highway -- around 4:50pm Tuesday Night.

According to the report in The Seattle Times, the deputy was conscious and was transported to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle for treatment of unknown injuries. However, his injuries were thought to be non life threatening.

The pedestrian accident is currently being investigated. Apparently the driver of the car that hit the officer stayed at the accident scene.

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A Ferndale couple, James Carson, 41, and Rhonda Reed, 42, both suffered serious injures in a motorcycle accident when they were hit by a pickup truck in Oak Harbor around 5:15pm reports The Seattle Post-Intelligencer. The couple was airlifted to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle for treatment of their injuries, including broken bones.

According to the report, the couple were hit by a Toyota pickup truck driven by Jeremy Palmer, 20, of Oak Harbor. Palmer was attempting left into a parking lot from the left hand turn lane from Southbound Highway 20. He struck the motorcycle that was traveling northbound on the inside lane. Palmer may be cited for failure to yield. It is the duty of a driver of a vehicle intending to turn to the left to yield the right-of-way to any vehicle approaching from the opposite direction which is close enough to constitute an immediate hazard.

This information is provided by Seattle Car Accident Lawyer blog, a service of The Farber Law Group. We represent people who have been seriously injured in motorcycle accidents. With our help, you may recover compensation for your damages including pain and suffering.

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An 18-year-old Kent teen suffered broken bones and a possible head injury when he was involved in a motorcycle accident on Highway 18 in Auburn Saturday night.

According to a report on KIRO Radio, the motorcyclist was speeding when he crashed into the rear of a stalled car. Some witnesses estimated that the motorcyclist may have been traveling at speeds up to 90 miles per hour before the accident.

Police say the teen was wearing a helmet and are investigating to determine whether alcohol or drugs were a factor in the motorcycle accident.

The driver of the stalled car was not injured.

This information is provided by Seattle Car Accident Lawyer blog, a service of The Farber Law Group. We represent people who have been seriously injured in motorcycle accidents and the family of those killed.

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Tacoma's The News Tribune.com reports that a 53-year-old motorist was critically injured in a Kent car accident on Saturday afternoon and died of his injuries a short time later at a Seattle hospital.

According to the report, the man was turning onto North Washington Avenue from Morton Avenue when he failed to yield and was hit by an SUV. He was taken to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle where he died of his injuries.

The driver of the SUV was treated and released.

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We often get asked the question whether it is possible for someone to get a whiplash injury in a low speed car accident. Some times insurance companies balk at paying out on an insurance claim for a whiplash injury when the car accident was described as a fender bender, there were no skid marks or the damage to the vehicles involved is not that substantial. However, one cannot equate the damage to a motor vehicle to a person. Indeed people can and do suffer whiplash injuries which require treatment in low speed car accidents.

One study published on the National Institute of Health web-site showed that biodynamic stresses which cause slight to moderate vehicle damage may be high enough to cause injuries. Low speed car accidents of just a few miles per hour can be severe enough to cause hyperflexion of the cervical spine and even accidents involving bumper cars at an amusement park have been known to cause whiplash injury.

One should never let an insurance company say that a person is not injured by looking at the physical evidence on a vehicle. A diagnosis by a qualified physician based on standards of orthopedic neurological testing should be sufficient.

This information is provided by Seattle Car Accident Lawyer blog, a service of The Farber Law Group. We represent people who have suffered whiplash injuries in a motor vehicle accident. With our help, you may recover compensation for your damages including treatment costs and for pain and suffering.

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We've been reading Malcolm Gladwell's book of essays entitled What the Dog Saw. In the book, Gladwell discusses how people handle risk. Gladwell cites psychologist Gerald Wilde who says that human beings have a tendency to "compensate for lower risks in one area by taking greater risks in another." Wilde's hypothesis is called risk homeostasis.

Gladwell asks the question, "Why are more pedestrians killed when crossing the street at marked crosswalks than at unmarked crosswalks?" His answer is, because pedestrians feel that a crosswalk is a "safe environment," they take more risk and are less watchful for oncoming traffic or cross when the light is changing.

Something to think about.

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A 14-year-old Mulkiteo boy has life-threatening injuries after being injured in a pedestrian accident around 7am this morning reports the Everett Herald.net.

According to the report, the boy was hit as he ran across Beverly Park Road neat the Mukilteo Speedway; He was not in a crosswalk at the time.

The injured teen was taken to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle for treatment.

Police said the driver that hit the boy was cooperating with police. According to Washington State Vehicle Code, RCW 46.61.240, pedestrians must yield the way to vehicles when crossing a roadway at any point other than a marked crosswalk or within an unmarked crosswalk at an intersection.

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A man who was involved in a single car accident on Interstate 405 in Snohomish County this morning may have suffered a medical emergency preceding the accident reports The Seattle Times.

The car accident occurred around 5:29 when the car the 64-year-old Mulkiteo man was driving went off the freeway and ran into the guardrails before it stopped. The man was dead when the Patrol found him.The State Patrol said it appeared that the man had died from a medical condition.

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The Washington State Traffic Safety Commission reports that seat belt compliance remains very high in the state at over 96 percent reports The Seattle Times.

Washington is one of the sates with the highest seat belt compliance in the country.

In 1986 the seat belt usage in the state was 36% and there were 582 car accident deaths. In 2008 there were 362 car accident fatalities.

Washington state is working towards 100% seat belt compliance saying it saves lives and saves money. Accident victims who were not wearing seat belts have an average cost of $11,000 more per accident than those who were wearing seat belts.

This information is provided by Seattle Car Accident Lawyer blog, a service of The Farber Law Group. We represent people who have been seriously injured in car accidents and the families of those killed. With our help, you may recover compensation for your damages, including pain and suffering.

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The Washington State Patrol, in a media release, reports that while they arrested 257 motorists for driving under the influence (DUI) over New Year's weekend and there were 33 alcohol-involved motor vehicle accidents, no one was killed.
Last year, there were five car accident fatalities in Washington state related to drunk driving and 291 DUI arrests over the New Year's weekend..

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We just came across some software that parents can purchase on a subscription basis which blocks text messaging while driving. Parents can install the software -- txtBlocker -- and set it to establish areas where their teens are not allowed to use cell phones and it blocks the sending and receiving of text messages while driving to prevent car accidents.

According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, distracted driving is a factor in up to 80% of all car accidents. One statistic says that almost 50% of teenage drivers admit to text messaging while driving. This past week in Bellingham, a pedestrian was hit and killed and the teenage driver admitted that he was text messaging at the time of the accident.

The txtBlocker software also lets parents know where their teens were driving and, with Speed Alerts, lets parents know if their teen was traveling at an excessive speed.

Texting while driving has become a serious health and safety issue and many believe it is akin to drinking and driving in its danger.

This information is provided by Seattle Car Accident Lawyer blog, a service of The Farber Law Group. We represent people who have been seriously injured in car accidents and the families of those killed. Read What if My accident was caused by someone using a cell phone? if your believe your accident was caused by some one's negligent use of a cell phone.

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The Bellevue Reporter reports that the city of Bellevue has installed red light cameras at two intersections on 148th Ave NE including at the intersections of Main Street and Bel-Red Road.

The city of Bellevue will issue warnings to offenders until February 2nd and after that, tickets will be issued which will cost motorists $124. The tickets do not count as a moving violation.

Late last year, Bellevue installed speed cameras near Stevenson and Lake Hills Elementary schools. Since installing those cameras, they have seen the number of citations drop for each month. In October, they issued 1,088 citation and in December the number dropped to 732. The police department believes that this is proof that the cameras help modify driver behavior.

Red light and speed cameras have been a contentious issues; A class-action lawsuit against 22 cities -- including Bellevue -- and camera manufacturers will be heard by U.S. District Court this month.

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A 3-car accident in Seattle's Central District left two children and one adult with life-threatening injuries and one adult with serious injuries. All four people were injured when the sedan they were riding in collided with two vans in an "uncontrolled intersection" at 20th and Main street reports The Seattle Times. All four injured were taken to Harborview Medical Center.

The force of the collision caused a 3-year-old child to be thrown from the vehicle still strapped into its child safety seat. Police investigators will have to determine whether the child safety seat had been installed incorrectly or if some defect caused it to come loose.

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A teenager driver was killed and three teenage passengers were seriously injured in a single-car accident near Kent, Washington reports KOMO News.com. The injured teens were taken to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle for treatment of non-life threatening injuries.

According to the report, the car accident occurred in the 23800 block of 64th Avenue South around 4am on Sunday morning. Apparently, two car-loads of teenagers were traveling from SeaTac to a house in Kent when the 18-year-old driver lost control of the car and ran into a tree. The accident was witnessed by the 2nd car of teenagers.

Police attribute speed, driver inexperience and possible alcohol consumption as contributing to the car accident.

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A driver that swerved to avoid a lost load -- a tarp -- on Interstate 90 lost control of their vehicle and crashed resulting in serious injuries. The 37-year-old motorist from Snoqualmie was taken to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle for treatment reports The Seattle Times.

The single-car accident occurred around 5:50pm in the westbound lanes of I-90 near Preston.

The Washington State Patrol is looking for anyone who may have witnessed the car accident or saw a trap fall off a vehicle, probably a semi truck. They ask that you contact Detective Stacy Moate at 425-401-7746.

Washington State vehicle code, RCW 46.61.655, covers dropping loads or other materials. A person who fails to secure a load can be charged with a gross misdemeanor or criminal negligence.

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The driver of a Ford pickup drove the wrong way on Interstate 90 on Mercer Island and hit a Sound Transit bus with approximately 35 passengers on board around 8:30pm on Thursday night. The driver of the pick up truck continued driving the wrong way after the bus accident for about 1/2 mile before abandoning his truck and fleeing. Bellevue police apprehended the man a short time later.

The bus driver was taken to the hospital with non life-threatening injuries. None of the bus passengers were injured according to a report in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.

This information is provided by Seattle Car Accident Lawyer blog, a service of The Farber Law Group. We represent people who have been seriously injured in motor vehicle accidents and the family of those killed. With our help, you may recover compensation for your damages.

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