Fatal crash reported Thursday morning just west of Hood Canal bridge
A 71-year-old Everett woman died Thursday morning in a two-vehicle collision just west of the Hood Canal bridge.
According to a report from Washington State Patrol, Donna M. Haney of Everett was driving west on Highway 104 from the bridge and attempted to pass a trailer truck at a stretch of the road where there are two lanes in that direction. Haney lost control of her vehicle, a 2016 Subaru Outback, and struck the truck. Her car then traveled into a ditch, and the truck came to rest on the highway's shoulder.
The driver of the truck, a 44-year-old Olympia man, called 911 to the scene at approximately 9:45 a.m. Haney was deceased when troopers arrived, according to WSP, and her vehicle was totaled. She was not wearing a seat belt, the report said. Troopers noted speed as a factor in the crash, and wrote that the vehicle was traveling too fast for the conditions.
Snow was reported across North Kitsap and Jefferson County early Thursday morning.