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Matthew Ryan Hamlton, 25, was sentenced to nine years, eight months in prison in Pierce County Superior Court after being convicted of Vehicular Homicide in the hit-and-run car accident that killed 3-month-old Jayden Wayman.

Wayman died two days after the January 24th car accident in Fife caused by Hamilton when he ran a red light at 70th Avenue East.

Vehicular Homicide can be charged if a person is killed in a car accident and the driver was under the influence of alcohol or drugs. Hamilton had a previous convictions of hit-and-run and negligent driving and driving under the influence.

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 caused by drunken drivers and the family of those killed. With our help, you may recover compensation for your damages.

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Cody S. Gaisser, 21, of Hoodsport suffered a spinal cord injury in a single car accident in Mason County on Saturday night.

According to a report in The Olympian, Gaisser was a passenger in a vehicle driven by Kayla P. Walker, 20, also of Hoodsport. Walker apparently veered off of State Route 119 around 10pm, striking a cable box and then a tree stump.

Gaisser was taken to Mason General Hospital and then taken to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle by medivac flight.

Walker was cited for negligent driving. The report said that alcohol or drugs were not a factor in the car accident. Negligent driving in the second degree is a misdemeanor and usually results in a $250 fine.

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 recover compensation for your damages including medical costs, loss of wages and for pain and suffering.

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Patrick Franklin, 40, of Bellevue, was critically injured in a highway shoulder accident on Sunday. He was taken to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle with life-threatening injuries.

According to the report by King5.com, Franklin had run out of gas and had pulled his pickup truck off of the Interstate 5 and onto the shoulder in SeaTac and was filling the tank when a 24-year-old Auburn man drifted off of the roadway and hit him with his minivan.

The Washington State Patrol have charged the Auburn man with Vehicular Assault, believing him to be under the influence of alcohol at the time of the accident. They also think he may have been distracted due to the use of a cell phone.

There have been several devastating highway shoulder accidents in the Seattle-metro area during the past week or so. Annually, there are about 2,000 fatal highway shoulder accidents. If at all possible, motorists should try to maneuver their car completely off of the highway even if it means ruining a tire or rim in the case of a flat tire.

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 recover compensation for your damages, including pain and suffering.

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The Tacoma News Tribune reports that Garrett M. Felt, 24, of Orting was killed in a wrong way car accident on Interstate 5 in Lakewood around 2am on Sunday morning.

According to the report, Felt drove the wrong way on northbound I-5 for about 6 miles before he crashed into a semi-truck driven by a 60-year-old Roy man.

Felt was killed at the accident scene; he was not wearing a seat belt. The semi truck driver was not injured.

The WSP had received several calls from motorists that there was a wrong-way driver on the highway before the accident.

The WSP is investigating whether alcohol or drugs were involved in the accident.

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 caused by the negligence of another.

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The Tacoma News Tribune reports that three people were injured in a two-vehicle accident on U.S. Route 101 south of Delphi on Saturday afternoon.

According to the Tribune, a man from Graham was examining his VW Golf that was parked on the highway shoulder when a Ford pickup truck driven by a 55-year-old Shelton man hit him and crashed into the VW. The impact of the collision caused the Ford truck to roll where it landed on its top.

The driver of the Ford was injured along with the driver of the VW and a passenger seated inside the VW at the time of the crash. All three were taken to Providence St. Peter Hospital in Olympia. No information was provided on the condition of the injured.

According to the U.S. Department of Transportation, nearly 2,000 people are killed each year in highway shoulder accidents. A moving vehicle hitting a parked vehicle cause some of the worst accidents on the highway. It is recommended that a driver should pull off the highway if at all possible.

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The Washington State Deportment of Transportation (WSDOT) reminds drivers to remove their studded tires by 12:01am on April 1st or face a $124 fine.

The WSDOT reminds drivers that there is still a possibility of snow or ice at higher elevations and they should check the Winter Driving Web site and prepare for driving in higher elevations.

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Washington Governor, Chris Gregoire, signed Senate Bill 6345 into law today. The law states that talking on a hand held cell phone while driving or reading, writing and sending text messages while driving is a primary offense.

The new cell phone law takes effect on June 10 and it allows police officers to issue $124 tickets to drivers if they see them talking on a hand held cell phone or text messaging.

Until June, the Washington patrol will work to educate drivers about the new law.

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Read What if my accident was caused by someone using a cell phone?

A 44-year-old man was hit and killed by a car in a pedestrian accident on Martin Way in Olympia on Wednesday night.

According to a report in The Olympian, the man was in the road and seemed disoriented and several cars avoided hitting him before he was struck.

The man was taken to Providence St. Peter Hospital in Olympia and he died of his injuries at 10pm.

The Olympia police department is asking anyone with information about the incident to call them at 360-753-8300. According to the article, the driver that hit the man as well as other motorists stayed at the accident scene.

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Sammamish Chief of Police, Nate Elledge, credits better detection and enforcement for the increase in driving under the influence (DUI) arrests in his city in 2009. There were 50 drunk drivers arrested in Sammamish in 2009 compared with 16 in 2008.

Elledge credits the addition of a DUI enforcement specialist, Officer Steve Johnson, for helping detect and arrest drunk drivers. Johnson is a certified drug recognition expert and was named Officer of the Year for King County Police Precinct 2 which is the area north of Interstate 90 and east of Interstate 405 to Snoqualmie Pass.

Elledge told the Reporter that half of the 521 fatal car accidents in 2008 involved alcohol and that there were 17,000 DUI convictions in Washington State in 2009.

In Washington State, a blood alcohol content (BAC) of 0.08% is considered intoxicated.

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Drive drunk, get caught - Sammamish DUIs triple
Reported by Jake Lynch
Sammamish Reporter Editor
Mar 24, 2010

The Washington State Patrol (WSP) arrested Vladislav O. Orlovskii of Bellevue early Saturday after they calculated that he was driving at speeds of up to 150 miles per hour on State Route 520.

The Patrol spotted Orlovskii weaving in and out of traffic traveling east on the Evergreen floating bridge around 1am. They were able to stop him at the 84th Street exit in Medina .

Orlovskii was arrested for driving under the influence (DUI) and reckless driving. He reportedly has two previous citation for reckless driving, RCW 46.61.500. The penalty for reckless driving is not more than one year in prison and a fine of up to five thousand dollars.

It's a wonder that there was not a tragic accident with someone driving our highways at such tremendous speeds.

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Randy Dorn, Superintendant of Public Instruction for Washington State, is being investigated after he was stopped for speeding and cited for alleged driving under the influence (DUI) early Sunday morning.

According a report in The Tacoma News Tribune, police stopped Dorn around 1:30 am in Orting, near Orting High School.

Dorn said that he had attended a community event with his family and had consumed some beer with dinner.

Dorn was not booked into jail. The city prosecutor will determine if Dorn should be charged after the investigation.

Dorn said,

"The public has a right to information regarding the conduct of elected officials, however I hope people will understand and respect that this is a personal legal matter that at this time I am not at liberty to discuss. I look forward to the day when I will be able to discuss the details of this incident."

In Washington State, the amount of alcohol in a driver's blood is measured by either a breath test or a blood. The legal limit for intoxication is 0.08%.

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The Seattle Times reports that a male passenger riding in a pickup truck was killed in the early morning hours of Monday when the vehicle he was riding in drifted from the right hand lane of Interstate 5 and hit a flatbed truck that was parked on the shoulder.

According to the report, the motor vehicle accident occurred around 2:40am on I-5 near Everett. The flatbed truck had apparently been left on the shoulder.

The driver of the pickup truck, a 21-year-old male, may be charged with Vehicular Homicide if it is determined he was driving under the influence of alcohol at the time of the accident. Washington State Patrol troopers reportedly found beer containers in the truck.

Washington State Vehicle Code RCW 46.61.520, Vehicular Homicide, can be charged if someone is killed in a motor vehicle accident and the driver was driving under the influence of alcohol, driving with reckless disregard to the safety of others or driving recklessly.

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The Seattle Times reports that a 45-year-old woman sustained life-threatening injuries after being hit by a car in a crosswalk in the Laurelhurst neighborhood of Seattle. She was taken to Harborview Medical Center after police administered CPR at the scene.

According to the report, the unidentified woman was in a marked crosswalk at the intersection of Northeast 45th Street and 36th Avenue Northeast when she was hit.

No more details about the accident were provided.

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A Yelm man, James J. Stilton, 46, was critically injured in a motorcycle accident on Friday afternoon. Stilton was airlifted to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle for treatment.

According to a report in the Nisqually Valley News, Stilton was riding his motorcycle northbound on Vail Road when he was rear-ended as he attempted to make a left turn onto Hannus Road.

Stilton was hit by Steven P. Wetzel, 26, also of Yelm. Wetzel was charged with Vehicular Assault in the accident because police believe he was under the influence of alcohol or drugs. They also cited him for driver inattention.

Vehicle code, RCW 46.61.522 Vehicular Assault, states that a driver can be charged if a person is seriously injured in an accident and the driver was driving recklessly, driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs or driving without regard for the safety of others.

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A 68-year-old Mercer Island man was killed in a Woodinville motorcycle accident this morning around 9:00am. The accident occurred at the intersection of Northeast 195th Street and Woodinville-Snohomish Road.

According a report posted by John de Leon in The Seattle Times, the motorcyclist laid his motorcycle down, perhaps to avoid a collision with a 2004 Jeep Liberty driven by a 17-year-old Woodinville boy.

The motorcyclist slid under the Jeep and hit his head. He was killed at the accident scene.

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A teenage boy who is suspected of driving under the influence sideswiped a police patrol car and then crashed into a house in Federal Way around 2am this morning after leaving a party.

According to a report by KIRO TV.com, friends of the teen had called police in an attempt to keep the boy from driving drunk. The boy drove off in a pickup truck without its lights on and sideswiped a police car.

The teen then failed to negotiate a corner at 30th Avenue and Southwest 325th Street and crashed into a house, causing the chimney to collapse and leaving a hole in an exterior wall.

The teen reportedly suffered minor injuries in the accidents.

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Matthew C. McDonald, 27, was sentenced to eight years in prison for the drunk driving accident that killed four people near Marysville in November of 2009 reports The Seattle PI.com.

McDonald was convicted of Vehicular Homicide for driving under the influence of alcohol, running a red light and causing the car accident that killed Melissa and Brad Agerup and Hilda and Tom Woods. The two couples had been out to dinner to plan a birthday party when the car they were riding in was hit.

In Washington State the legal limit of intoxication is 0.08%. Vehicular Homicide can be charged if a person is killed in a car accident and the driver of an automobile was driving under the influence, driving recklessly or driving without regard to the safety of others.

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A Kent School District bus and a van were involved in an accident around 6:50 am this morning near the intersection of Benson Road and 208th in Kent, Washington.

There were no children on the school bus at the time of the bus accident and the driver was not injured. Firefighters took approximately 15 minutes to extricate the van driver after the accident. The driver of the van was then taken to the hospital with injuries that did not appear to be life threatening.

The Washington State Patrol is investigating the cause of the accident according to KOMO News.com.

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A Centralia man, Carmen Victor Rodas-Urias, age 20, has been arrested on charges of felony hit-and-run and Vehicular Assault for a car accident that occurred on Interstate 5 late Saturday night.

According to a report in The Olympian, Rodas-Urias was speeding near Milepost 80 when he lost control of his vehicle and hit a car driven by a 52-year-old Oregon man, James Renken.

Renken's Chevrolet pickup truck rolled several time after the impact. Renken was taken to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle with face and scalp lacerations.

Roads-Urias abandoned his vehicle and fled the scene of the accident on foot. A car driven by Clayton-Walker, 69, of Winlock hit Rodas-Urias' abandoned vehicle and Clayton-Walker suffered hand lacerations.

Vehicular Assault, RCW 46.61.522, can be charged if a person is seriously injured in a car accident and the driver was driving with reckless disregard to the safety of others, driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs or driving recklessly.

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Five people -- including three juveniles -- were injured in a head-on car accident on U.S. Highway 101 near Shelton Matlock Road on Monday night around 7:30pm reports Seattle's KOMO News.com.

According to reports, none of the injured had life-threatening injuries.

It appears that the two-car accident occurred when Raul A. Delacruz, 24, of Olympia, lost control of his Toyota as he tried to pass a slower vehicle and was struck by a Ford.

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Waleligne A. Afele, a driver for Stita Taxi, has been charged with Vehicular Homicide due to the car accident death of David Doerr, 43, near SeaTac airport in November of 2009.

According to a report in the Seattle PI, Afele made an unsafe lane change on Interstate 5 when he realized he was missing the Route 518 airport exit. Afele started a chain reaction of events when attempted to cross several lane of traffic to make the Route 518 exit. Afele hit the Toyota Land Cruiser that Doerr was driving, causing it to roll on to its roof and it was hit by another vehicle.

Washington State vehicle code RCW 46.61.520 -- Vehicular Homicide -- provides that a driver can be charged with vehicular homicide if a person is killed in a car accident and a driver was driving without regard for the safety of others or driving recklessly. Investigators say there was no evidence that Afele was under the influence of alcohol or drugs at the time of the taxi accident.

Some people writing into the P-I blog feel that the taxi fare system is partially at fault. They say, taxi drivers charge per mile but they want to get in as many fares as possible during their driving time and many of them driver aggressively to do so.

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 recover compensation for your damages. When a loved one has been killed due to the negligence of another, their family may file a wrongful death suit on behalf of their deceased loved one.

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The Daily News Online, serving the lower Columbia, reports that 19-year-old Robert C. Vandiver, of Kelso, was killed early Monday morning in a single car accident four miles of Castle Rock when the car he was riding in hit a utility pole and landed in a ditch.

According to the report, Loren R. Seaman, 23, of Kelso was driving a 1991 Acura Integra northbound on West Side Highway near Castle Rock around 2am when he lost control of the vehicle.

Seaman suffered critical injuries in the car accident and was taken to Southwest Washington Medical Center in Vancouver with broken ribs and internal injuries.

A second passenger, Cody E. Elliott, age 17 of Kelso, was treated at St. John Medical Center for treatment of a broken arm and facial cuts and is in satisfactory condition.

A third passenger, Shannon L. Allen, 25, of Kelso, was reportedly not injured.

Seaman may be charged with Vehicular Homicide and Vehicular Assault in the motor vehicle accident. Police believe that he was under the influence of alcohol at the time of the accident and was speeding. Washington State vehicle code, RCW 46.61.520, provides that a driver can be charged with Vehicular Homicide if a person dies as a result of negligent operation of a vehicle and the driver was driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs or driving without regard for the safety of others.

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Police are investigating which caused a 39-year-old man from Home, Washington to crash his motorcycle into a concrete barrier on State Route 16 in Port Orchard.

According to a report in The Olympian, the Douglas Guy was traveling eastbound on SR 16 at Sidney Road around 5:50pm when he hit a concrete overpass and was killed.

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The passenger in a silver Lexus was mortally injured in the 5550 block of Rainier Avenue South early Saturday morning when the driver of the car he was riding in crossed the center line and hit another vehicle. The victim, a man, was taken to Harboview Medical Center in Seattle where he died of his injuries.

The driver of the Lexus and a person in the car he hit were both taken to Harborview Medical Center with injuries.

A witness said told police that he was following the Lexus after he was involved in a hit-and-run accident. He said the Lexus was speeding at the time of the car accident.

The driver of the Lexus could potentially be charged with Vehicular Homicide. RCW 46.61.520 provides that a person can be charged with Vehicular Homicide if a person dies as a result of negligent operation of a vehicle including driving recklessly, driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs of driving without regard to the the safety of others.

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Source: The Seattle Times
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2011338169_fatal13m.html?syndication=rss
Man killed early Saturday in two-car crash on Rainier Avenue South
March 13, 2010

The Columbian reports that Sheila M. Walls', age 29, of Estacarda,Oregon, was killed when she drove her 1991 Honda Accord the wrong way on Highway 14 near South Grand Boulevard in Vancouver, Washington, hitting three vehicles.

According to the report, Wall's blood alcohol content (BAC) was .20% at the time of the accident, which is 2-1/2 times the legal limit of 0.08%. She was apparently returning from the memorial service for her employer, Wes Lematta, founder of Columbia Helicopters.

Two people were also injured in the multi-car accident, one seriously. Elizabeth M. Gonsalves, 32, of Camas, suffered a fractured neck, spine, left wrist and abdominal injuries. Her condition has been upgraded after treatment from serious to satisfactory. Brian J. Gonzsalves, 33, suffered a broken ankle and was treated and released from the hospital.

As a safety precaution, Washington State Patrol recommends that if you see a wrong way driver, you should move to the right hand lane because the wrong-way driver believes he or she is in the right hand lane.

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The Washington State Legislature voted 60-37 to strengthen Washington's cell phone law to make it a primary offense to use a hand-held cell phone while driving. The proposed to legislature awaits the Governor's signature to make it the law. View Senate Bill 6345 as passed by the legislature.

The current cell phone law makes it a secondary offense, meaning the police can not stop a driver for cell phone use alone. By making it a primary offense, police can cite a motor for no other reason than the driver was using a hand held cell phone.

The legislature believes that the there will be fewer car accidents and the roads will be safer by passing this law.

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Landra Reid, 69, wife of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, sustained serious injuries when the minivan she and her daughter were in were rear-ended by a tractor trailer truck in suburban Washington yesterday.

Reid underwent neck surgery today to stabilize her neck. She suffered a broken neck, broken vertebra in her lower back and a broken nose.

Also injured in the motor vehicle accident was Lana Reid Barringer who suffered a neck injury and facial lacerations.

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An SUV was broadsided, causing it to rollover, Wednesday morning in Federal Way in a two-car accident. Fortunately, the driver of the SUV nor the driver of the compact car that it hit were seriously injured. A three-year old passenger in the compact car was also not seriously injured.

The car accident occurred on Wednesday morning around 9:30am at 34004 16th Avenue South in Federal Way. The driver of the SUV attempted to make a left hand turn into a strip mall but did not yield to the compact car, causing the collision. The impact of the collision caused the SUV to flip onto it's roof.

The driver of the SUV was cited for the accident reports The Seattle PI.com. Washington Vehicle code RCW 46.61.185 -- Vehicle Turning Left -- states that a driver turning left into a driveway must yield the right-of-way to any vehicle approaching from the opposite direction.

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A 30-year-old woman who is nine months pregnant was injured as well as four other people in a motor vehicle accident involving two SUVs and a passenger car late Tuesday afternoon in south Seattle.

The car accident occurred at 23rd Avenue South and South Massachusetts Street, just south of Interstate 90 around 4:40pm, according to King5.com.

It is unknown how severely injured the pregnant woman is but the report said that four other people involved in the motor vehicle accident had minor injuries.

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A Couer d'Alene woman, 20-year-old Jessica Derosie, is in critical condition at Sacred Heart Medical center in Spokane after losing control of her vehicle and crashing.

According to a report by KREM.com, the car accident occurred on Interstate 90 near the Liberty Lake exit on Monday night around 9:30pm. Police estimate that Derosie was driving at speeds of up to 100 miles an hour when she lost control and hit the cable barrier. She was thrown from her car which flipped over on to its roof after the impact.

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A 40-year-old man was critically injured in a pedestrian accident in Lakewood on Sunday night.

According to the report by KIRO TV, the man was crossing Steilacoom Boulevard near 88th Avenue when he was struck.

Police are investigating the pedestrian accident.

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A Seattle police officer and two other people were injured when a marked police car was involved in an accident with another vehicle. All three people were taken to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle for treatment of non-life threatening injuries according to KIRO TV.

The car accident occurred on Delridge Way Southwest in Seattle around 5:40pm on March 4.

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A 59-year old Darrington driver was involved in a car accident when the steering wheel came off of the steering column of a 1978 Buick.

The driver had to be rescued after crashing into a barn because electrical wiring and roofing material came down onto the car.

According to a report by KING5.com, the driver suffered "minor neck pain" in the accident.

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The Washington state house has approved a ban on texting and cell phone usage by teen age drivers by a 86-12 vote. The proposed change in legislation would also make texting while driving by anyone a primary offense.

For the new legislation to be made law, the House and the Senate will have to agree on the legislation and Governor Christine Gregoire will have to sign it.

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U.S. District Court Judge John Coughenour, rejected a class action lawsuit against 18 cities including  Auburn, Bellevue, Bonney Lake, Bremerton, Burien, Federal Way, Fife, Issaquah, Lacey, Lake Forest Park, Lakewood, Lynnwood, Puyallup, Renton, SeaTac, Seattle, Spokane and Tacoma which claimed that the "red light tickets" were illegal because they were a moneymaking venture for the cities and that the fines were excessive.

The attorney for the plaintiffs, Rob Williamson, said he will appeal the judge's ruling.

The crux of the lawsuit was that when the law went in effect allowing the cities to install red light and speed cameras, the fines were supposed to be the same as what is charged for a parking ticket. Most parking tickets run between $25 and $40. Instead, the cities charged between $80 and upwards.

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Source: The Seattle Times
March 3, 2010
Reported by Emily Heffter

Diane Dorsey Racine, 57, of Gig Harbor has died as a result of a head injury she suffered when she was thrown from the vehicle she was riding in in a single car accident.

Racine's 21-year-old daughter, who was driving, was taken to Saint Joseph's Hospital in Tacoma for treatment of her injuries.

According a report in the Kitsap Sun, neither woman was wearing a seat belt when the driver lost control in the 3200 block of Southwest Lake Helena Road at Huckleberry Road Southwest, went off the road and hit several trees. The accident occurred around 7:30pm on Sunday night.

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Garrick R. Dahlen, 16, of Camas suffered a serious head injury in a single-car accident in Camas , Washington on Sunday night.

According to a report in The Columbian, Dahlen may have been speeding when he left the road at Stauffer Road at 302nd Avenue and hit a utility pole.

The teen was taken to Southwest Washington Medical Center and is said to be in critical condition.

The report said that he had left a party around 4am and that alcohol may have been a factor in the motor vehicle accident.

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