Personal Injury Law

Three car pileup near Mill Creek leaves 5 injured

By Kirk Bernard, Esq.

An automobile accident that blocked 132nd street near Mill creek left a seriously injured teen trapped in the wreckage of a car for nearly an hour Tuesday.

The cause of the three-car crash is still being determined, Mill Creek police spokeswoman Robin Swanson said.

According to officials, the accident occurred about 10:30 a.m. when a red SUV and a black minivan collided head-on. A third car then became involved in the pileup.

"It was almost like a bomb," said Courtney Norkin, 21, a barista at Buffalo Espresso, located opposite the crash scene. She said she turned away from making coffee drinks and saw the air bags explode inside the cars.

"It was really scary. I've never actually witnessed an accident like that," she said. "It was intense."

Snohomish County Fire District 7 Battalion Chief Ralph Provenzano said that five people were hurt, including the 17-year-old boy, who was taken to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle by helicopter with what appeared to be multiple broken bones. The other Washington car accident injuries seemed to be minor.

Full post as published by Seattle Injury Blog on April 25, 2008 (boomark / email).