Traffic & Transit
Serious Injuries Reported In 3-Car Crash On Coal Creek Parkway
Coal Creek Parkway in Bellevue closed between SE 60th Street and Forest Drive as police investigate what's believed to be a DUI crash.
BELLEVUE, WA — Multiple people have been hospitalized with serious injuries from a three-car crash on Coal Creek Parkway in Bellevue that has caused the closure of a major section of the thoroughfare on Saturday.
Bellevue police said two people have been hospitalized in serious condition and two had to be extricated from inside a car. The incident was described by police as a "DUI injury collision." It wasn't immediately known which driver is presumed at fault and if any charges have been filed.
Drivers have been urged to avoid the area.
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Two cars appear to have struck each other head-on as a third was forced off the side of the road, a photo police shared on Twitter shows.
Coal Creek Parkway was closed between SE 60th Street and Forest Drive as police and fire crews were on the scene.
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