1 dead, 3 injured in multi-car crash in Lake Stevens
LAKE STEVENS, Wash. -- One person died and three others injured in a multi-car crash on State Route 9 on Friday night.
The crash, which involved four cars, occurred just north of State Route 204 at approximately 10:45 p.m.
Trooper Mark Francis said a car headed north on the roadway crossed the yellow line and crashed into an oncoming car, head on. Two other vehicles then crashed into the wreckage.
The causing driver, who became trapped in his car, was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver, a man in his 20s, has not been identified.
A woman who was riding in the same car was airlifted to Harborview Medical Center in critical condition.
The driver of the second car was taken by ambulance to the same hospital in critical condition, according to Lake Stevens Fire Battalion Chief Perry Putnam.
The driver of the third car was treated by medics at the scene.
The cause of the crash has not been determined.
The affected stretch of SR 9 was expected to be closed for several hours for investigation.
The crash, which involved four cars, occurred just north of State Route 204 at approximately 10:45 p.m.
Trooper Mark Francis said a car headed north on the roadway crossed the yellow line and crashed into an oncoming car, head on. Two other vehicles then crashed into the wreckage.
The causing driver, who became trapped in his car, was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver, a man in his 20s, has not been identified.
A woman who was riding in the same car was airlifted to Harborview Medical Center in critical condition.
The driver of the second car was taken by ambulance to the same hospital in critical condition, according to Lake Stevens Fire Battalion Chief Perry Putnam.
The driver of the third car was treated by medics at the scene.
The cause of the crash has not been determined.
The affected stretch of SR 9 was expected to be closed for several hours for investigation.
"The cause of the crash has not been determined."
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What do you mean? You just said a guy crossed the yellow line and caused a head on collision.Â
"the causing driver"
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come on KOMO, do you outsource the actual writing to non-english speaking countries or what?
 @SwampThing It's a little strange, but there isn't anything wrong with using causing that way.Â
@SwampThing It has the same ring to it as one of those junk e-mails you get from a bank in Nigeria....
Another! Head on crash.
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Sympathies to the family.
"The cause of the crash has not been determined."
"Trooper Mark Francis said a car headed north on the roadway crossed the yellow line and crashed into an oncoming car, head on. Two other vehicles then crashed into the wreckage."
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I think the cause of the crash has been determined. The reason the driver crossed the yellow line is another story.