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Bystanders help police, firefighter rescue man from submerged car
BREMERTON, Wash. — An 88-year-old Bremerton-area man is in the hospital after being pulled from his car after it plunged into Sinclair Inlet. Bremerton police started receiving calls at 10:03 a.m. Thursday that a car had driven off the south end of Trenton Avenue at...
Authorities pull unconscious driver from submerged car
By Kitsap Sun Staff Jan. 01, 2016 BREMERTON — Firefighters rescued a driver Friday whose vehicle slid into the Port Washington Narrows. A resident on the 3800 block of Tracyton Boulevard in Bremerton heard a crash and reported the car in the water at about 11:40 a.m.,...
18-year-old drowns in Mason County lake
POSTED 4:04 PM, JULY 19, 2014, BY BRETT CIHON SHELTON — An 18-year-old man reported missing near Lake Cushman while on a swimming trip was found drowned Saturday, the Mason County Sheriff’s Office said. The man was swimming alone at Skokomish Park while his...
Man dies after car drives off ferry dock
Associated Press and KING 5 News 11:37 p.m. PDT October 3, 2014 SOUTHWORTH, Wash. - The Southworth Ferry Terminal re-opened just after 11 p.m. on Friday, after a man drove off the ferry dock and into the water. Washington State Patrol says he did not survive. It...
Coast Guard suspends search for missing boater
SEATTLE — The Coast Guard suspended a search Tuesday afternoon for a 54-year-old Bainbridge man who went missing Monday evening in Rich Passage. Crews in three boats and two helicopters searched over 400 miles. The Coast Guard received a report from Bainbridge Island...
Diver had been harvesting eelgrass for mill site cleanup project
PORT GAMBLE — Pope Resources employees are “badly shaken” by the death Oct. 19 of a diver harvesting eelgrass for the mill site cleanup. Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe members were joining for a prayer circle on the beach at Point Julia, across the bay from the mill...
Long Lake drowning victim ID’d
By Chris Henry Aug. 03, 2015 SOUTH KITSAP ? The name of a 40-year-old man who died Thursday after being pulled unconscious from Long Lake has been released. Edward Joseph Pettit of Lakewood was swimming with friends about 30 yards from shore when he became distressed...
Coast Guard searching for missing, experienced diver near Washington’s Cape Flattery
NEAH BAY, Wash. — The Coast Guard was searching for a missing 61-year-old female diver off Duncan Rock near Cape Flattery on the northwest Washington coast Tuesday. Lynn Flaherty started the dive with her husband, the Coast Guard said, and they were scheduled to...
Coast Guard searching for missing, experienced diver near Washington’s Cape Flattery
NEAH BAY, Wash. — The Coast Guard was searching for a missing 61-year-old female diver off Duncan Rock near Cape Flattery on the northwest Washington coast Tuesday. Lynn Flaherty started the dive with her husband, the Coast Guard said, and they were scheduled to...