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16-year-old girl dies in Covington single-car crash

Published 6:06 pm Monday, November 18, 2024

By Steve Hunter

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Puget Sound Fire and King County Medic One respond to a Friday morning, Nov. 15 single-car crash in the 15600 block of SE 256th Street in Covington. COURTESY PHOTO, Puget Sound Fire

A 16-year-old girl died after the car she was driving crashed into a tree at about 11:40 a.m. Friday, Nov. 15 in the 15600 block of SE 256th Street in Covington.

Grace Maureen Province died from multiple blunt force injuries, according to the Monday, Nov. 18 media report by the King County Medical Examiner’s Office.

“It appears that the car hit a tree and despite aid given at the site of the crash, the driver was deceased at the scene,” according to an Nov. 18 email from a King County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson.

The Sheriff’s Office Major Accident Response and Reconstructive Unit continues to investigate what led to the single-car crash, according to the spokesperson.

Puget Sound Fire and King County Medic One responded to the crash, which closed SE 256th Street for a couple of hours between 156th Avenue SE and 160th Avenue SE during the Sheriff’s Office investigation.

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