The weekend ended in a wild and dangerous manner for the Bothell Police Department on Sunday night.
An officer out on patrol located a stolen pickup truck around 11:20 p.m. and attempted to stop pull it over in the 22100 block of 17 Ave. S.E. The vehicle refused to pullover and entered 405 northbound.
Bothell police chased the vehicle to the 1-5 and 405 interchange where they broke off pursuit.
“As the officers exited northbound I-5 at 164 [they] observed the pickup entering a business parking lot in the 1500 block of 164th St. S.E., where it collided with another vehicle,” said Bothell police Sgt. Ken Seuberlich.
Bothell officers attempted to contact the driver in the business parking lot. The truck backed into one of the police cars in order to get out of the parking lot and back on I-5 northbound.
The truck eventually exited the freeway at Southeast Everett Mall Way and continued northbound on Evergreen Way and Rucker Ave. until it collided with a car in the intersection of Rucker Ave. and Pacific Ave.
“The pickup flipped upside down and slid onto the sidewalk,” said Everett Police Community Information Officer Aaron Snell. “The collision pushed the car northbound on Rucker Ave. and onto its side. The car struck and ruptured a natural gas line before stopping. The female driver [of the car] was trapped inside and extracted by fire and law enforcement officers who physically moved the vehicle.”
The 40 year-old Mukilteo woman sustained life threatening injuries and was transported to Harborview Medical Center for medical attention.
The suspect driving the pickup, a 33 year-old Seattle man, was arrested at the scene and sustained what are believed to be non-life threatening injuries. He was transported to Providence Medical Center.
“It is anticipated the driver will be booked for multiple felonies upon his release from the hospital,” said Snell.
Puget Sound Energy responded fix the damaged natural gas lines.
Both vehicles were impounded as evidence. Everett detectives are investigating the incident.
