Stories for September 2007
Stories for Sunday, September 30
Freight Train Hits Woman In Wheelchair
A freight train hit a woman in her wheelchair who was crossing the tracks near Safeco Field Sunday morning.Seattle police said that the woman was going westbound on South Royal Brougham Way when her wheelchair got stuck on the train tracks at Fourth Avenue South.A southbound Burlington Northern Sante Fe ...
Tacoma Police Search For Gunman
Tacoma Police are looking for a gunman suspected of shooting two men, killing one of them.Police told KIRO 7 that the shootings happened Saturday around noon in the 4300 block of South Cedar Street in Tacoma.Police said that three men were arguing when the shooter pulled out a gun and ...
Stories for Saturday, September 29
Auburn Hazmat Spill
There was a major collision overnight in Auburn.It happened just after 11 p.m., at the intersection of Highways 167 and 18.Police closed the southbound lanes of the Valley Freeway because one of the vehicles involved was a truck carrying hazardous materials.They said two containers holding dangerous chemicals were damaged. It ...
2 People Shot In White Center
King County sheriff's deputies are searching for a gunman suspected of shooting two people.Police said that a man and woman were shot in a home in the 1800 block of Southwest 116th Street late Friday night.Police told KIRO 7 that the suspect and the couple were arguing before the shooting ...
Stories for Friday, September 28
Beloved Teacher and Mother Of Bethel Football Player Passes Away
Elementary School teacher Debbie Henry passed away Thursday night after a 15-month battle with leukemia.Henry’s son Ollie is the senior quarterback at Bethel High School and was named the Homecoming king just hours before his mother’s death.Ollie, who had been nominated for royalty court every year declined the role not ...
Car Slams Into TJ Maxx Store In Bellevue
Bellevue police said one person is being treated for minor injuries after a car crashed into the front of a T.J. Maxx store in the Factoria area of Bellevue.A teen was injured after getting struck by a clothes rack when the car plowed into the store.Video from Chopper 7 showed ...
Trapped Woman 'Not Out Of The Woods,' Doctor Says
A woman who spent a harrowing eight days trapped in a wrecked vehicle has severe injuries, but her brain function is normal and she can move her arms and legs, her physician said Friday. Tanya Rider, 33, was found alive but dehydrated at the bottom of a steep ravine in ...
Group Cites 'Deplorable' Conditions At King County Animal Shelters
Dogs and cats in county-run animal shelters suffer "deplorable" conditions, including high rates of disease, cages that are too small and too little exercise or social contact, an advisory panel has found.The condition at shelters in Kent and Bellevue are described in a report to the King County Council by ...
Red Tape Delayed Search For Missing Woman, Husband Says
A woman found alive, pinned in her crushed sport utility vehicle eight days after she disappeared, remained in critical condition Friday morning as her husband told reporters he had to fight to get authorities to launch a search for her.Tanya Rider, 33, is suffering from kidney failure and sores from ...
Stories for Thursday, September 27
Everett Man Arrested In Connection With Sexual Assault
Snohomish County sheriff’s deputies arrested a 33-year-old Everett man in connection with an Aug. 19 sexual assault in Everett.According to investigators, the man was booked on investigation of first-degree rape Wednesday night and posted bail Thursday morning.According to detectives, a 17-year-old girl was sexually assaulted in the 12600 block of ...
Teen Arrested In Connection With August Shooting
King County sheriff’s deputies arrested 17-year-old Christopher D. Hendricks on Wednesday in connection with a shooting at Steel Lake Park in August that left one teen paralyzed.According to investigators, Hendricks was involved in an altercation at Steel Lake Park on Aug. 1 and was observed carrying a firearm.According to witnesses, ...
Mother Of Missing Woman: 'My Prayers Were Answered'
A woman who had been missing was found trapped in her car southeast of Renton on Thursday, more than a week after she disappeared. SLIDESHOW: Woman Found In Crashed Car Rescuers told KIRO 7 Eyewitness News they found the car that had tumbled off an embankment below the Maple Valley ...
Web Video Mascot Teaches Kids Pedestrian Safety
The city of Bellevue is using a new tool to promote pedestrian safety among school-age children. The city has set up a Web site with a video starring Pedbee, the city's transportation safety mascot. The three-minute animation, Pedbee Safety Song, features the bee imparting rules for safely crossing streets. The ...
Jury Gets Tacoma Mall Shooting Case
The jury is still considering the case of Dominick Maldonado, the 21-year-old man who is on trial for shooting people inside the Tacoma Mall in 2005.Closing arguments finished late Thursday morning in the case. Maldonado faces 15 charges -- including attempted murder, assault and kidnapping -- in connection with the ...
Gas Leak Causes Evacuations, Closes Seattle Street
A gas leak caused authorities to evacuate a store and close Fourth Avenue at Holgate in Seattle just before noon on Thursday.Customers at a Cash & Carry store smelled gas and called the fire department, said Chopper 7 pilot Clark Stahl.Video from Chopper 7 showed a hole next to a ...
Jewelry Courier Robbed On Eastside
A jewelry courier was robbed at gunpoint by three men in the parking lot of a McDonald's restaurant in Factoria on Thursday morning, police said.Police said the men fled with the jewelry and were spotted by a detective in an unmarked car who saw the vehicle near Interstate 90 and ...
Author's Fight Against Incurable Disease Offers Inspiration
It's known as Huntington's, an incurable neurological disease affecting tens of thousands of people in the U.S.It is often eclipsed by other diseases such as breast cancer and heart disease, but the results are just as devastating.KIRO 7 Eyewitness News Reporter Lori Nixon has the story of a Seattle author ...
Drunken Driver Blamed For Series Of Crashes
A suspected drunken driver survived a series of crashes that destroyed a utility pole, damaged two minivans and left debris scattered over a lawn in Auburn, police said.Police said the driver was asked to leave the Muckleshoot Casino early Thursday morning after having too much to drink. Casino workers asked ...
1-Day Strike Closes Shoreline Schools
Schools are closed in the Shoreline District Thursday because of a one-day strike by teachers.The teachers said they are unhappy with the way the district moved some elementary students in response to overcrowded classes.Six hundred teachers hit the picket lines for the strike that caused district officials to close school ...
Stories for Wednesday, September 26
Soldier Remembered As 'Hero,' 'Superman'
Family, friends and colleagues of Capt. Drew Jensen remembered him as a "true American hero" during a Fort Lewis memorial on Wednesday.The 27-year-old was paralyzed by a sniper in Iraq in May. He died after his family followed his wishes to be removed from life support at the Veteran's Administration ...
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