The King County Sheriff’s Office is reporting that on Saturday morning, March 25, a fatal accident occurred near SW 128th Street and Ambaum Blvd. SW (map below).
Police say that at around 9:15 a.m., a tow truck was traveling southbound on Ambaum near SW 128th Street.
A Mazda car was northbound, driven by a male.
The Mazda crossed into the southbound lanes, causing a head-on accident. The driver of the Mazda died at the scene. He has not yet been identified.
The male driver of tow truck was not injured.
There were no other occupants of either car.
No impairment suspected on part of the tow driver.
Unknown at this time on deceased driver.
Ambaum was closed for a while in both directions at this location.
We are investigating a fatal accident-SW128/ Ambaum Blvd in Burien. Ambaum closed both directions at SW128 during investigation.
— Kingcosopio (@kingcosoPIO) March 25, 2017
SW128/Ambaum fatal scene pic.twitter.com/lRuKgvmlSF
— KingcosoPIO (@kingcosoPIO) March 25, 2017
AmBaum Blvd closed at SW 128th during fatal accident investigation pic.twitter.com/nkk1MKyKys
— KingcosoPIO (@kingcosoPIO) March 25, 2017
A fatal accident this morning in Burien. @BurienPD says speed and wet roads appear to be factors. pic.twitter.com/zwaHNxNIS1
— #Q13FOX (@Q13FOX) March 25, 2017
As we get more details on this tragic incident, we’ll update this post…
