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Three injured in four-vehicle crash on SR99

Story Highlights:
Three injured in Lynnwood accident
Motor vehicle collision caused by failed left turn
State Route 99 shut down for undetermined amount of time



Date: May 4, 2011, 05/04/2011
Location: Lynnwood, Snohomish County, Washington
Type: Car accident, Motor vehicle collision
Outcome: Three injured

Three people were injured in a multiple vehicle collision in Lynnwood on Wednesday.

Around 9:15 a.m. a car heading north on State Route 99 turned left at 156th Street SW in front of a southbound Community Transit bus, colliding with it. The two people in the car were not wearing their seat bealts and were ejected from the vehicle. Their car veered into a second car, which in turn, hit a third car.

The two people in the first car were seriously injured and airlifted to Harborview Medical Center. The 17-year-old driver of the second car suffered neck pain, and the driver of the third car and the people in the bus were not injured.

The accident was investigated by Washington State Patrol and no other information has been released. State Route 99 was closed for an undetermined amount of time while the wreckage was exmained and cleared.

Lynnwood Fatal Accident Statistics for 2009
Fatal accident count: 1
Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 2
Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 0
Fatalities: 1
Persons involved in fatal accidents: 4
Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: 0

Motor Vehicle Accident Statistics
There were an estimated 6,420,000 car accidents in the US in 2005. There were about 2.9 million car accident injury cases and 42,636 car accident deaths. An average of 115 persons die each day in car accidents in the United States -- one every 13 minutes. According to the World Health Organization about 3000 people die in car accidents each day worldwide. In 2009 143 Buses were involved in non-fatal crashes and 28 buses were involved in crashes that caused injuries and 53 were injured in crashes involving buses.

Vehicle Turning Left (See RCW 46.61.185 for more information)
The driver of a vehicle intending to turn to the left within an intersection or into an alley, private road, or driveway shall yield the right-of-way to any vehicle approaching from the opposite direction which is within the intersection or so close thereto as to constitute an immediate hazard.

Seattle Car Accident Victim Attorneys
A motor vehicle accident is when a road vehicle collides with another vehicle, pedestrian, road debris, or man-made object. These collisions can result in personal injury, property damage, or death. Motor vehicle accidents can involve automobiles, trucks, semi or tractor trailer trucks, delivery vehicles, passenger vans, motorcycles, etc. Contributing factors in traffic accidents can be vehicle design, speed of operation, road design, driver distraction (texting or talking on a cell phone while driving), and driver impairment (drunk driving). If you or a family member has suffered as the result of a car accident in Washington state, Seattle motor vehicle accident attorney Chris Davis and the Davis Law Group, P.S. can help you. We are committed to helping car accident, trucking accident, DUI accident, and motorcycle accident victims recover the just and fair compensation they are entitled to receive under the law.