A driver had only minor injuries after a car went down a 75-foot embankment on Friday, May 19 along South 212th Street in Kent. COURTESY PHOTO, Puget Sound Fire

A driver had only minor injuries after a car went down a 75-foot embankment on Friday, May 19 along South 212th Street in Kent. COURTESY PHOTO, Puget Sound Fire

Car goes down 75-foot embankment in Kent; driver escapes serious injury

Friday, May 19 crash along South 212th Street

A driver had only minor injures after a car went down a 75-foot embankment in the 9500 block of South 212th Street in Kent.

Firefighters responded at about 1:21 p.m. Friday, May 19 to the crash, according to an email from Puget Sound Fire spokesperson Pat Pawlak. He said the crash was near the “S” curves of South 212th Street.

The lone occupant was able to self-extricate and had minor injuries, according to Puget Sound Fire. The crash caused the temporary closure of one lane of westbound lane along South 212th Street.


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A car sits at the bottom of a 75-foot embankment Friday, May 19 in the 9500 block of South 212th Street in Kent. COURTESY PHOTO, Puget Sound Fire

A car sits at the bottom of a 75-foot embankment Friday, May 19 in the 9500 block of South 212th Street in Kent. COURTESY PHOTO, Puget Sound Fire

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