Adam Heinke, 32, died in a fatal crash May 12 along the East Valley Highway in an unincorporated part of Kent.
Heinke died from multiple blunt force injuries and the manner of death was accident, according to the King County Medical Examiner’s Office.
Puget Sound Fire and the King County Sheriff’s Office responded at about 3:19 a.m. to a crash along the East Valley Highway, aka 83rd Avenue South, near South 277th Street, according to a Sheriff’s Office spokesperson.
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“It was reported that the vehicle went down an embankment,” according to an email from the spokesperson.
A photo released by Puget Sound Fire showed a car crashed into a tree. Puget Sound Fire also reported that East Valley Highway was closed after the crash between South 266th Street and South 277th Street.
“This remains an open case so we are unable to share this information at this time,” said a Sheriff’s Office spokesperson when asked for details about how the crash occurred.
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