A 37-year-old Puyallup man narrowly avoided injury Tuesday morning after a trailer hitch smashed through his windshield, the Washington State Patrol said.
A 37-year-old Puyallup man narrowly avoided injury Tuesday morning after a trailer hitch smashed through his windshield, the Washington State Patrol said.
The accident occurred about 7:20 a.m. in the southbound lanes of Interstate 5 near the Tacoma Dome.
The hitch was lying in the roadway when a car in front of the Puyallup man kicked it up and it sailed through the dump truck’s windshield, trooper Guy Gill said. The man suffered minor scrapes.
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A man is in critical condition after losing control of his truck and slamming into a tree in Kent, according to the Kent Fire Department.
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