Four dead in Kitsap house fire
KITSAP, Wash. – Two adults and 2 small children are dead after fire roared through a two-story home in a Seattle-area town early Saturday.
The Kitsap Sun reported that sheriff’s deputies said a man in his 60s escaped the flames in the Port Orchard home and was treated at a hospital. Sheriff’s spokesman Scott Wilson confirmed the dead – a toddler, an infant, a woman in her 60s and a man in his 30s – were members of the same family.
John Spillinger, who lived next door, told the newspaper that after he called 911 he went outside to find his longtime neighbor trying to put the fire out with a garden hose. Spillinger said, “He kept saying, ‘they’re trapped, they’re trapped. I couldn’t get them out.’”
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EUGENE – A Sutherlin woman is suing the University of Oregon after she was hit by what she called a “flying metal plate” during a 2015 Ducks game.
The Register-Guard reported that Debra Anderson says she suffered back and hip damage when the object struck her as she stood below skyboxes on the stadium’s north end.
Her suit asks for $160,000. It claims UO negligence led to her injuries.
University spokesman Tobin Klinger said the object that struck Anderson was a stadium roof plate. He said UO’s roofing contractor has checked out other plates to confirm they’re secure.
Klinger declined additional comment and said officials are still reviewing Anderson’s lawsuit, which was filed Oct. 3 in Lane County Circuit Court.
Anderson’s lawyer, Derek Snelling of Eugene, declined comment on the case.
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LAKEWOOD, Wash. – Two people were found dead after an apparent homicide-suicide in Lakewood.
The News Tribune reported that police responded just before 5 p.m. Friday to a home on Rose Road Southwest.
Police spokesman Chris Lawler said a man and woman were found with gunshot wounds by the man’s mother, who owns the house. The woman had multiple gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead. The man had a single gunshot wound to the head and was taken to a hospital, where he died.
The man and woman were in a relationship. The man’s mother left for an appointment and returned to find them wounded.
The woman’s two children, ages 5 and 3, were not present at the time of the shooting and are in the custody of the man’s mother.
Boy struck while walking to school
BATTLE GROUND, Wash. – Police in the city of Battle Ground want to track down the vehicle involved in a hit-and-run that left a 14 year-old boy injured.
The Columbian reports that the boy was struck from behind near Southeast Eaton Boulevard Thursday and suffered a broken ankle and dislocated elbow.
Officers were called at about 7:20 a.m. by a driver who said the boy flagged him down.
The boy told officers he had missed the school bus and was walking to school when a vehicle struck him from behind. The impact threw him into the air.
The boy said he managed to keep walking and sought help from a passing motorist.
Police are seeking potential witnesses. They say the vehicle will likely have damage to the front right fender and mirror.
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Information from: The Columbian, http://www.columbian.com
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