News Stories for November 2005
Stories for Monday, November 28
Investigators Focusing On 3 Possible Causes Of Monorail Crash
Officials say investigators will focus on three possible causes for a weekend crash of the Seattle monorail: operator error, signal malfunction or communications problems.The 43-year-old elevated line's only two trains remain stuck on the tracks in downtown Seattle. The historic Monorial's trains loudly side-swiped to a screetching halt, wedging one ...
Stories for Sunday, November 27
Monorail Crash
Investigators will focus on three possible causes for the monorail crash: operator error, signal malfunction or communications problems, officials said Sunday.The 43-year-old elevated line's only two trains remained stuck on the tracks in downtown Seattle on Sunday as 15,000 people ran underneath in the Seattle Marathon and thousands of shoppers ...
Two More Fort Lewis Based Soldiers Killed In Iraq
The Pentagon says two Fort Lewis soldiers died in Iraq on Thanksgiving Day. They died when a bomb exploded near their Humvee and flipped it into a canal near Bagdad. The men were assigned to the Army's 42nd Military Police Brigade. They were identified yesterday as 32-year-old Staff Sergeant Steven ...
Monorail Trains Collide Near Westlake Station
John Gahagan was riding the monorail with his family when the sliding door was ripped off of their train car, breaking a window and showering his two children in glass. The train had clipped the monorail's only other train on a curve in the tracks Saturday evening, forcing the evacuation ...
Stories for Saturday, November 26
Monorail Crash
Two monorail trains clipped each other on a curve in the tracks Saturday evening in the heart of Seattle. Two people with minor injuries were taken to local hospitals, fire officials said.Seattle firefighters helped a total of 84 passengers off the elevated train near Westlake Center, said Helen Fitzpatrick, Seattle ...
Police Arrest Two More Inmates From Yakima Jailbreak
Two more inmates are in custody in Yakima, leaving just two escapees still at large after a jailbreak that briefly freed nine inmates from the County Jail. County corrections spokesman Corporal Ken Rink says intensive media coverage brought in a flood of tips after the jailbreak Friday night. Five of ...
E Coli Bacteria Found In Yelm School Drinking Water
Officials at Prairie Elementary School in the Yelm School District are advising teachers, staff and students not to drink water from the school's water fountains and taps. Tests have found E. coli bacteria in the water. The state Department of Health says school officials are working to identify and fix ...
Stories for Friday, November 25
Dog Rescued From Smashed Truck Day After Wrong-Way Crash
When his owner was in a bad car crash on Interstate 90, Gunner was nowhere to be found. Authorities figured the springer spaniel had been thrown from the back of the pickup. Turns out, he was there all along. The pooch was discovered in the back of the truck on ...
Tacoma Police Talk To Mall Shooting Victim
Police say that they talked on Friday with the man who was seriously wounded in the Tacoma Mall shooting. Spokesman Mark Fulghum says the interview with Dan McKown was productive, although detectives aren't releasing details. McKown was taken off a respirator yesterday and upgraded from critical to serious condition at ...
Accident Closes State Route 164 Near Auburn
Police have closed the Auburn Enumclaw Road SE (SR 164) for an early Friday morning accident investigation. Auburn Fire Department crews responded to a report of people trapped in a pickup near the White River Amphiteater, around 7am. An Airlift Northwest medevac helicopter airlifted at least one person to Harborview ...
Stories for Thursday, November 24
Mall Shooting Victim Off Respirator, Condition Upgraded
The man who may have tried to stop the Tacoma Mall shooter is awake and talking!But Dan McKown is still paralyzed after being shot three times..and now, his friends are 'standing up' to help pay his staggering medical bills.Dan McKown is a stand-up comic, well known in the local comedy ...
Wrong Way Driver Causes Head-On Collision on I-90, Dies
All lanes of Eastbound I-90 are back open following a fatal head-on collision west of Preston. It happened at 3:40 a.m. Thursday when a car driving the wrong direction in the Easbound lanes hit a truck.A 29-year-old man from Bellevue was pronounced dead at the scene. Troopers said he was ...
Stories for Wednesday, November 23
'Black Friday' Sites Reveal Sale Prices
This year, there's a controversial new way to check holiday sale prices online.They're called "Black Friday" sites, and they're seeing an explosive growth in use.You can find leaked prices for sale items at many stores.But the information is sometimes stolen from newspaper circulars before they're published.The controversial sites include bf2005.com, ...
Coming TV Signal Changes Bring Confusion, Anger
It's coming, whether you like it or not!The U.S. Congress is deciding on a new kind of television signal that will change your viewing habits forever.KIRO 7 Eyewitness News Consumer Investigator Wayne Havrelly tells what's on the way, and what it will mean to you.Since the dawn of television, we ...
130 Soldiers Return To Fort Lewis
Early today, 130 soldiers were reunited with their families in a homecoming ceremony at Fort Lewis.The soldiers are members of the 54th Medical Air Ambulance Company that had been in Iraq since December.It was their second tour in Iraq for the soldiers.
Small Quake Shakes North Sound
A magnitude 4.1 quake has rattled the area around Deming in northwest Washington. The University of Washington seismology lab says the quake at 12:53 p.m. was centered 15 miles west of Mount Baker. In the first half hour, 25 people had responded to the university's Web page describing the shaking ...
High School Locked Down After Threat Reported
A false report of student with a gun led to the lockdown of Thomas Jefferson High School in Federal Way Wednesday morning.People identifying themselves as students and teachers at the school called KIRO 7 Eyewitness News to say they were being held in classrooms.Police checked a report that a student ...
Object Thrown At School Bus Shatters Windshield
A pickup truck driver threw an object at a school bus Tuesday, causing the bus's windshield to shatter, Washington State Patrol troopers said.The Enumclaw school bus was carrying 11 elementary school students on state Route 410 near Mud Mountain Road when the driver of the pickup tossed a cup filled ...
Fog Causes Few Delays At Sea-Tac
Most operations at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport were running normally on one of the busiest travel days of the year Wednesday despite thick fog.There were a few delays and one flight -- from Sea-Tac to Phoenix -- that was cancelled, KIRO 7 Eyewitness News reporter Jeff DuBois said.Some delays were due ...
I-90 Rockslide Work Affecting Mountain Businesses
A new rockslide along Interstate 90 near Snoqualmie Pass could lead to long traffic jams for Thanksgiving holiday drivers.That's just what business owners don't want to hear. Rockslide Traffic Camera The restaurant Joey Carter has owned for 32 years is struggling now.The Sunset Cafe was the biggest restaurant on Cle ...
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