Two dead after high speed car crash into Green River in Tukwila

BY Seth Keller  on December 28, 2012 @ 6:58 am (Updated: 10:50 am - 12/28/12 )

Two people are dead this morning after their car flew off the road in Tukwila and landed in the icy Green River.

Tukwila Police say witnesses called around 2 a.m. to report an Audi driving very fast

"The witness watched the car coming westbound here on 180th coming at a really high rate of speed," police spokesman Mike Murphy told KING 5.

The car went straight off the roadway, up a ramp, and completely flew over the walk way and the entire embankment, according to Murphy. None of the brush was hit and the car landed directly in the water, still going at a very high rate of speed.

Murphy said when they pulled the car out of the water, they found two bodies inside.

Police aren't sure if drugs or alcohol played a role in the crash.

Seth Keller, KIRO Radio Editor
Seth is the news editor for Seattle's Morning News 5am-9am. Seth started out as an intern.
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  • hpygolkyone wrote...
    Hmmmmmmm?............
    December 28, 2012 7:04 am
    Stuck accelerator? At 2:00 a.m. my guess is probably not......but I've been wrong before.

    If it was drugs/alcohol, I am glad to hear that nobody else was injured/killed.

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  • Fuego wrote...
    The toxicology...
    December 28, 2012 8:02 am
    report should be interesting on this one.
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  • Lonestar wrote...
    That's bodies
    December 28, 2012 8:20 am
    Not body's.
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  • Nickatnyt wrote...
    body's
    December 28, 2012 9:27 am
    So, is that 'body is' or did each body belong to itself as in the possessive sense?
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  • AMS wrote...
    Hmm.
    December 28, 2012 10:51 am
    Why are people allowed to own these high-powered 'assault-vehilces'? Doesn't everyone know that 'assault-vehicles' kill people indiscriminately? We should ban them. (Satire)
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  • soo purletiv wrote...
    Evel Knievel...
    December 28, 2012 10:58 am
    they were not...
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  • cw1997 wrote...
    I can hardy wait
    December 28, 2012 12:08 pm
    For Dave's rant on this one...got to ban fast cars...and maybe even booze because stupid people do stupid things.
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  • JMGilday wrote...
    R.I.P.
    December 28, 2012 12:32 pm
    for the Audi, nice car that fell into stupid hands
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  • It's me! Ha ha! wrote...
    We need to ban,,,,,,
    December 28, 2012 5:00 pm
    rivers next to highways.

    Accerators that stick.

    Cars.

    Alcohol.

    Drugs including Weed.

    What's left? Oh, yea! Lets' ban SEMI AUTO ASSAULT WEAPONS!

    What say you, Left wing Parrots?

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  • Newton wrote...
    Ban Cars they are bad to humans.
    December 28, 2012 5:26 pm
    Ban everything that can harm humans. Ban Humans for they are not perfect and some have idiotic ideas.
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