BOTHELL, Wash. — A 14-year-old driver has died and three passengers were injured following a collision on I-405 in Bothell at around 1:50 a.m. Saturday.
Two 15-year-old girls and one 14-year-old passenger were transported to Evergreen Hospital.
Washington State Patrol tells KIRO 7 it’s unknown if drugs or alcohol were involved or what circumstances led up to the crash.
According to an initial WSP report, the car was heading north on I-405 when it hit a guardrail and then went down an embankment.
The first call to 911 was automatically triggered by the collision, according to the Washington State Patrol.
One family member of the surviving teenagers spoke with KIRO 7 about what her loved one told them about the crash.
“She said they were all covered in blood,” she said. “And by the time she got out, she could smell the airbags and the gas and everything and that was what really struck her. And she thought that her friend next to her was dead. I mean, after she saw all the blood, she knew someone had died.”
That same family member says the trauma from this crash will last a long time.
“She said that she will never go back to that crash site. They drove passed it and that was just too much for her,” she said.
She says all three teenagers are out of the hospital and that it truly is a miracle they survived.
“The doctor said that if the three of them weren’t asleep, they possibly could’ve died,” she said.
And while she and her family are happy to see their loved one survive, she says all three teenagers are devasted that their friend didn’t survive and want to help out the 14-year-old’s family in any way they can.
“And I just wish their family the best. I know that losing a child, especially that young at 14 not knowing that is your last night alive, that…. it’s hard,” she said.
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