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The Washington State Patrol is urging extreme caution when coming to the aid of stranded motorists after two separate accidents on Snohomish County highways Saturday evening left one good Samaritan dead and two others injured, including one woman from Miountlake Terrace, our online news partner The Seattle Times reported Sunday afternoon.
The crash involved a truck that was headed westbound on a highway near Snohomish when it lost a wheel and ended up sideways in the eastbound lanes. A passing vehicle pulled over and the two occupants got out and approached the disabled truck. They were struck when another vehicle traveling eastbound hit the truck which then hit the pedestrians, according to the accident report.
Kyle Digges, 29, of Lynnwood was transported to Harborview Medical Center and Jessica Bart-Greenough, 32, of Mountlake Terrace, was transported to Providence Hospital in Everett. The driver of the second truck, Melvin Vannieuwenhuise, 79, of Carnation, was also transported to Providence Everett.
This crash happened 20 minutes after another crash. Shortly after the first crash, a good Samaritan got out of her vehicle to help and was also struck by a moving vehicle. The crash killed her.
For the full story from The Seattle Times, click here.
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