Sammamish woman killed in Oregon crash
A Sammamish woman, Jenna Lee Ulrich, 22, was killed in a car accident outside of Huntingon, Ore., on Saturday afternoon.
Police say Ulrich was driving a 1982 Ford four-door eastbound on Interstate 84 near milepost 339, when she lost control of her car and was struck by a commercial truck.
She was pronounced dead at the scene.
Her passenger, Thomas Stroppel, 26, of Seattle, was taken to an Ontario hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
The driver of the truck was not injured.
Oregon State Police believe the icy conditions were a contributing factor, and are continuing their investigation.
All three occupants were using safety restraints.
This year Ulrich was a senior at the University of Washington – she was named to the Dean’s List in January.
If this fate has fallen upon your family a Washington wrongful death lawsuit may be a path you want to walk down. These cases are tragic and the potential financial compensation is never enough to make up for the life for a loved, but it is something. You are welcome to contact our Washington wrongful death/auto accident lawyers for a free initial consultation.
$880,000 Seattle Wrongful Death Settlement
Seattle, WA–The Seattle Times reported the federal government agreed to pay an $880,000 settlement for the death of an Asian-antiquities expert.
The expert, 62 year-old Roxanna Brown, died last year at the Federal Detention Center in SeaTac. Brown worked in Thailand as the director of Bangkok University’s Southeast Asian Ceramics Museum. She had travelled to Seattle to speak at a lecture at the University of Washington’s Asian art symposium. On May 9, 2008, Brown was arrested in Seattle on a count of wire-fraud out of Los Angeles, California. The antiquities expert was held at the Federal Detention Center at SeaTac located in Seattle, Washington. Brown died on May 14 of peritonitis, which was the result of a medically untreated perforated gastric ulcer. Peritonitis is a massive infection and inflammation of the intestines and stomach, considered a medical emergency and left untreated typically results in death.
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