Crash involving WSDOT incident response truck reminder for drivers to move over for emergency vehicles
By Hana Kim and Q13 News Staff
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Crash involving WSDOT incident response truck reminder for drivers to move over for emergency vehicles
The WSDOT worker is recovering from his injuries after a woman in a separate vehicle hit him while he was parked on the side of I-405 near Bothell, responding to a previous crash. The driver that hit the WSDOT worker is now being investigated for impaired driving.
BOTHELL, Wash. - Drivers experienced delays on I-405 northbound in Bothell on Wednesday morning after a driver hit a Washington State Department of Transportation Incident Response Team (IRT) vehicle, causing miles-long backups.
Updated Press Release
Case Number: 2021-000001589
Location: Southbound Highway 97/Parkway south of NE Hawthorne Avenue
Semi-Truck Driver: William McCain, 56-year old Male, Alaska resident
Involved Vehicle: 2017 Volvo truck
Pedestrian: Marlow White, 42-year old Male, Bend resident Deceased Next-of-Kin has been notified
On 01-09-2021 about 7:13 PM PST Deschutes County 9-1-1 dispatch received multiple 9-1-1 calls regarding a motor vehicle crash that occurred on southbound Highway 97 “The Parkway” just south of NE Hawthorne Avenue. Callers reported a Semi-Tractor Trailer had collided with a pedestrian.
Officers from the Bend Police Department arrived and provided medical aid to the pedestrian who was unconscious. Bend Fire and Rescue paramedics arrived and transported the pedestrian who succumbed to his injuries at St Charles Medical Center in Bend during treatment. The pedestrian was positively identified as 42-year old Bend resident Marlow White