July 13, 2023 / Source: Kiro 7
The Kent Police Department reported a motor vehicle accident on Wednesday. The officials confirmed that one person died in the accident. According to the officials, the deceased victim was not identified.
Around 7 p.m., the crash happened the 132nd Avenue near Southeast 230th Street when the driver, a 19-year-old man, was going 50 miles an hour in a 35-mile-an-hour zone. The man passed southbound traffic via the oncoming northbound lane.
Once he passed the cars, he moved back into the southbound lane, but his truck pulled to the right and he crashed into a car and the child who was riding his scooter.
The child was thrown on the shoulder of the road off the side of the white dividing line. The man’s BAC tested at .150, and he admitted to smoking marijuana hours earlier.
The authorities are still investigating the cause of the fatal crash.