Buckley man arrested after fatal Pierce County crash
A 22-year-old Orting, Pierce County, man was driving a pickup north on Highway 165 about five miles south of Wilkeson when he drove off the road and into a ditch, flipping the truck, the State Patrol said.
Buckley resident Katherine Fink, 19, was thrown from the truck and pinned by it. She died at the scene. The man and another passenger had non-life-threatening injuries. None of the people in the truck was wearing a seatbelt, the Patrol said.
Snowmobile accident kills Kent man near Mount Rainier
GREENWATER — A Kent man was killed early yesterday in a snowmobile accident in the Greenwater area of Southeast King County.
The King County Medical Examiner's Office identified the victim as Bryce Ciesinski, 42.
According to the Pierce County Sheriff's Office, which assisted in the case, the accident occurred about 4 a.m. in the northern foothills of Mount Rainier, near the boundary between the two counties.
Dan Johnson, president of the Auburn-based High Country Snowmobile Club, said the area is a popular spot for snowmobile riders. The cause and circumstances of the accident were under investigation.
Wife, friend killed by husband who turns gun on himself
VANCOUVER, Wash. — A retired dockworker killed his wife, her friend and then himself yesterday morning at his home. Jong Ja Taylor, 61, was pronounced dead at Southwest Washington Medical Center. Her friend, Joy Meei Shang Sun, 54, died at the scene. Both women suffered gunshot wounds.
Police said Jack B. Taylor, 69, killed himself as police arrived.
Detectives said Jong Taylor planned to leave her husband and return to her native Korea today. She and her friend went to the house yesterday morning to pick up some of her belongings when the shootings occurred at about 9:30 a.m.
State gives eggs to hatchery after others killed in accident
PORT ANGELES — Biologists and fish managers are hoping that116,500 salmon eggs transferred from the state-run Dungeness Hatchery to the Lower Elwha Klallam tribal hatchery can help soften the blow of last month's accidental kill.
The transfer, approved by the state Department of Fish and Wildlife last week, came in response to a water-pump failure at the tribal hatchery that killed 600,000 of 850,000 coho hatchlings.
"It'll help offset the loss," said Doug Morrill, fish manager at the Lower Elwha Klallam hatchery. "This was what I would consider a unique situation."
Girl's death prompts study on parasitic brain infections
PORTLAND — In 2000, a 17-year-old girl who moved to Oregon from Mexico sought medical care for progressively severe headaches.
After three medical visits, health workers diagnosed tension headaches. Several days after her last visit, the girl died. An autopsy showed that a tapeworm larva had grown in her brain, obstructing the flow of cerebrospinal fluid.
The girl's case sparked a new study that urges doctors to be alert for parasitic brain infections in Hispanic patients who have seizures or chronic headaches.
The study, led by Dr. John Townes, an infectious-disease specialist at Oregon Health & Science University, indicates that tapeworm larvae from undercooked pork affect more Hispanics than previously suspected.
Dr. John M. Townes, an infectious disease specialist at OHSU and the study's lead author, said the findings should make Oregon physicians more aware of the possibility that tapeworm larvae are the source of neurological problems in some patients.
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