Fatal Car Crash On Highway 99 In Lynnwood

LYNNWOOD, WA - A 29-year-old Lynnwood man is dead after one vehicle sideswiped another car at 11:50 p.m. Monday on Highway 99 near 156th Street SW, according to Washington State Patrol. The other driver in the crash, James Alexander, 52, of Edmonds, was uninjured.

The Lynwood man was traveling at a high rate of speed southbound on Highway 99 in a 2011 Chevrolet Equinox. Police said that car struck a 1991 Honda Accord that Alexander was driving southbound. Both vehicles hit utility poles.

Two lanes were blocked as emergency personnel were working on the scene. Paris Jackson of KOMO News reported that "a lane or two" was still blocked as of 5:30 a.m.

The crash is under investigation. (For more local news, click here to sign up for real-time news alerts and newsletters from Edmonds Patch, click here to find your local Washington Patch. Also, follow us on Facebook, and if you have an iPhone, click here to get the free Patch iPhone app.)

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