5-28-2019
DEMING, Wash. — First responders had several traffic crashes to contend with this Memorial Day weekend, including another motorcycle accident on Mosquito Lake Road.
The fatal motorcycle accident near Deming on Sunday morning sent the driver to the hospital and killed his passenger.
The State Patrol says 62-year-old Gerald McConnell of Granite Falls was speeding when he missed a turn and hit the guardrail, killing 68-year-old Linda C. Loney, also of Granite Falls.
On Monday, a Mount Vernon woman was hospitalized after a rollover crash on I-5 in Snohomish County.
The State Patrol says the driver, Alexis Ortegaverdin of Burbank swerved and left the road before rolling the car over into a ditch.
Both Ortegaverdin and her passenger from Mount Vernon, Monica Rios, were taken to the hospital, and troopers believe drugs or alcohol were involved.
A second Monday crash sent a motorcyclist and his passenger to Harborview Medical Center.
Troopers say an Oak Harbor woman failed to yield and made a left turn, hitting the motorcycle on Highway 20 near Coupeville just before 6 PM.
No information was released on the motorcyclist and his passenger.
The Oak Harbor woman wasn’t hurt and charges are pending.