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In Washington State auto accident related news, a Mossyrock High School student was killed while crossing an intersection when an unloaded logging truck hit the pickup truck he was riding in.
Fellow friends and students cried and expressed outrage last Wednesday at the site of the auto accident. The students were protesting the lack of a stoplight at the intersection of Williams Road and U.S. Highway 12, where their 17-year-old senior classmate, Ryan Rashoff, died Tuesday afternoon.
Another student, 17-year-old Benjamin Lamotte, was driving the pickup truck. He is still in critical condition at the Madigan Medical Center in Tacoma. If you require a leading auto accident attorney Washington you may want to consider the firm of Jason Newcomb. He can provide an excellent WA car accident attorney for most localities of the state of Washington.Dozens of students had gathered at the scene by 10 a.m. They waved signs demanding a new traffic signal at the intersection.
It is reported that the Washington State Patrol and Washington State Department of Transportation officials at the scene were in agreement that there needs to be better signaling at the intersection where the accident occurred.
Washington State patrol officer, Sgt. Jason Ashley, has been quoted as saying the intersection needs a traffic light to replace the flashing red and yellow caution lights that are there now to reduce the possibility of car/auto accidents in the future.

King county Assessor Scott Noble was driving on Interstate 5 when he pulled over to the shoulder and made a U-turn in his 2004 Toyota Highlander heading southbound in the northbound lanes.

The State Patrol stated this is when he struck a Jeep Liberty head on in the northbound lanes. Witnesses also told police that they saw the 2004 Toyota Highlander weaving in and out of traffic.For information on an excellent King County dui lawyer you can go here.

According to State Patrol Officer Cliff Pratt the driver of the Jeep Liberty identified as Leslie Workman age 26 and resident of Oak Harbor and her passenger Lyndsey Jones age 24 were transported to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle to be treated for the injuries sustained in the accident. Nobel was also transported to the same hospital for the serious injuries he sustained during the accident which mandated surgery.

All in all,  Officer Eric Purcell arrived on the scene of the accident and after observing Noble he reported the King County Assessor had red watery eyes, and a strong odor of alcohol. Officer Purcell asked Noble if he had been drinking and he stated he had been drinking red wine, he also stated that he had drank to much when asked how much he had drunk.

When the blood alcohol level was tested by the Washington Sate Patrol Toxicology Lab Noble’s blood alcohol at the time of the accident was .22 according to reports.