Crime & Safety

Witnesses Sought in Nasty DUI Crash Tuesday on I-405 in Bothell

A 39-year-old Seattle man was critically injured and is facing DUI and reckless driving charges after he lost control of his car and was broadsided by a semi on I-405 on Bothell, just north of Woodinville and a couple miles north of Kirkland.

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Washington State Patrol detectives are seeking witnesses to a crash on Interstate 405 in Bothell Tuesday afternoon in which an allegedly intoxicated driver of a car lost control and was broadsided by a semi truck.

The collision occurred in the southbound lanes of I-405 where the southbound on-ramp from State Route 527 merges with the freeway. That’s in Bothell, just north of Woodinville.

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The driver of the car, a 39-year-old Seattle man, suffered critical injuries and was taken to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle. He is facing DUI and reckless driving charges. The 49-year-old semi driver, from Seattle, was not injured.

The State Patrol says the man was driving on the southbound on-ramp from SR 527, also known as the Bothell-Everett Highway, when his car left the roadway, crossed the median between the on-ramp and the mainline, then entered the southbound lanes of I-405 and was hit broadside by the truck.

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The crash backed up traffic on southbound I-405 for hours, well into the evening commute.

The State Patrol asks that if you saw or heard anything or know someone who did, please call Detective Sgt. Jerry Cooper at 360-805-1192 or Detective Ed Collins at 360-805-1194.


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