SKAGIT COUNTY, Wash. – Two separate crashes left three Bellingham residents and another person hospitalized.
The State Patrol reports 22-year-old Jake S. Kiesel of Bellingham was a passenger in a car driven by a 22-year-old man from Freeland, WA on Casino Drive near Anacortes just before midnight Friday when a another driver turned left in front of them.
Both young men were injured in the crash and taken to Island Hospital.
The other driver, 51-year-old Gardner O. Greaves of Bellingham, wasn’t hurt.
Troopers say drugs or alcohol were involved.
And two people from Bellingham were hurt when a deer jumped in front of their motorcycle on I-5 Saturday afternoon.
Kurt L. Steder, 53, and 50-year-old Sandra F. Steder were riding northbound near Bow Hill Road at about 4 p.m when they hit the deer.
Both were taken to PeaceHealth St. Joseph Medical Center.