RENTON, Wash. — A 20-year-old man and his 7-year-old sister died after a car they were in went down an embankment around 8:45 a.m. Saturday near the 3000 block of Royal Hills SE in Renton.
Renton Fire crews on scene of a double fatality when a car went over an embankment. Crews stabaling scene for RPD investigation.
— Renton Fire PIO (@RentonRFA) July 22, 2017
Sevin Vacilchuk said he heard the roar of a truck racing up Southeast Royal Hills Drive as they were walking to church, he said through an interpreter.
Vacilchuk said they watched the 20-year-old driver lose control of the vehicle, jumping the curb and landing in a ravine.
"And they think it was like 70 to 100 miles per hour," Vacilchuk said. "They just went off the hill into the ditch."
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"They saw the car was flipping over," the interpreter said. "And when it stopped, it started smoking, so they called the police."
The accident happened a stone's throw from the Shadow Hawk gated community. The Royal Hills Apartment Complex is also nearby. Renton police say they know the driver was driving too fast but they don't know how fast.
Robert Radcliff said he has watched many vehicles going too fast up and down this particular road.
"They're in control most of the time," he said. "I've never seen them not be in control coming up the hill at a high speed."
A neighbor sent pictures of an accident in April that was also blamed on speed. Now, just three months later in nearly the same spot, a brother and sister are dead.
"People frequently speed on this road. And I'm not sure why, but people go very fast on this road often," neighbor Sara Emerson said.
Neighbors say they have asked the city to install speed bumps to try to slow down speeding drivers, but the city has not responded to their complaints.
The identity of the siblings who died could be released early next week.
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