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Hi, like the title states, I am looking for witnesses to a car collision that occurred on April 1st, 2025 in Mill Creek, WA. It was by the Mill Creek Town Center and involved two vehicles that had a head-on collision due to one party running a red light. I’m posting to r/Bothell because I know many Mill Creek residents— or those who travel through/to Mill Creek —are in this sub.

Originally, my insurance and hers found me 100% not-at-fault because I reported that she ran a red light. Now, though, I’ve gotten word that they have both changed their tune. Apparently, her insurance insists that, because she claims she entered on a yellow, not a red, that I am at fault. Our insurances have argued back-and-forth, and now determined us both partially culpable, and have allotted me 60% of the fault, and her 40% at-fault.

I don’t want to have my auto insurance rate jacked up because of her lie and unwillingness to take responsibility for her actions of running a red. I’ve tried everything regarding getting recorded info of the exact moment of collision: i.e. traffic camera footage, my auto insurance’s mobile app crash recognition time stamp to then cross reference with the WSDOT Traffic Signal Phase Logs, etc… to prove that she entered after the light turned red. But I’ve had no luck. My insurance has said again and again that they have no way to access the info I need, or that certain things have been destroyed (like the Event Data Recorder, AKA the car’s Black Box, since both of our cars were totaled and scrapped for parts by now), or that certain data was never recorded / archived / saved.

So, I’m hoping there’s a witness who can corroborate my claim that she entered on a red.

THE CRASH:
I was in the left-turn lane, with my car partially in the intersection (as is legal), heading south on Bothell-Everett Highway, ready to turn left (east) onto 153rd Street. The light flashed yellow, and I waited appropriately for northbound opposing traffic on Bothell-Everett highway to clear. Then the light turned solid yellow. A northbound car leisurely passed thru the intersection. Then everyone else heading that way (northbound) stopped, or were coming to a halt. Far away, like 6+ car lengths or more, there was a Mercedes that was going at a fast pace, but because it was so far away, I assumed — as any reasonable driver would — that she would stop since the light had already turned to a *solid* yellow for multiple seconds by that point. I had to turn left to get out of the intersection because by that point, the light was about to —or already had —turned red. And again, she wasn’t close to the intersection; she was several+ car lengths away.

I started my left turn, knowing that the light had probably already turned red by then, but kept my eyes on her to make sure she was slowing down. I realized that not only was she not slowing down, but she was speeding up, probably between 50-60 MPH even though the speed limit there is 30 MPH. I thought, “Oh, shit, she’s gonna run the red!” Because I had barely started my left turn, I knew that it would be faster to try to straighten my car out and swerve to the right to avoid her. That was the faster, safer option than trying to complete my left turn to get out of her path. However, because she was speeding so much, I couldn’t get out of her path fast enough, and we had a head-on collision. My car spun 180° before it stopped, dead.

Police came, interacted with us, and we kept apart from each other, which was easy since she stopped so far down the highway, while my car was still close to the intersection. Originally, for many months, she refused to speak to my insurance AND her insurance. I, however, was immediately completely cooperative.

Mind you, this accident was 3 days before my WEDDING, which I planned/ran myself, so I had A LOT to do, on top of working. So I was NOT happy about how much of a hassle all this was. I also was injured. Neither of us needed an ambulance at the scene, though.

I could’ve been hurt far worse than I was, but luckily, my car’s safety features and the nature of the angle of impact kept me pretty safe.

I found out recently that she claimed injury as well, so she might be lying to get my insurance to cover her medical expenses on top of avoiding her auto insurance rate from going up. I don’t know. I just know that I do not want to be found over 50% at fault and have that on my driving record, AND have my auto insurance rate jacked up because she finally talked to her insurance to lie to them to avoid taking the blame for running a red and hitting me HARD. She literally could’ve killed me.

Please let me know if you witnessed this crash and are able to state that you saw her enter after the light had turned red. If you have any information, message me directly, please.

Thank you 🙏

Were the signs there? Did I just miss them?

I’ve been taking my senior cat to Alex for a couple years now, because prior to Alex, I’ve literally had groomers call me to pick my cat up immediately as she wasn’t having it, and Alex seems to consistently do a great job with her.

When I was picking her up recently, I noticed a "JUSTICE FOR CHARLIE KIRK" sign on his wall. What’s crazy is, if he hadn’t had that sign on his wall, I never would’ve known he was like this.

I looked him up and found screenshots of Facebook posts, and to my surprise, it lays out a full range of hard-right views from being strongly pro-ICE and pro-MAGA to openly anti-feminist, anti-LGBTQ, and anti-Democrat, posting stuff like:

"I can't speak for everyone but for me personally, the moment I realized Tim Waltz was a r****d was when I found out he put tampons in the boys bathroom."

"The only thing dumber than a Democrat is a feminist"

"I've figured out why it happens with Asians, lesbians, and some men who vote Democrat but I can't for the life of me figure out why the rest of you forget your name..."

"Remember, you don't have to be a white male to have white male privilege. You just have to conduct yourself like one"

Alex, if you’re reading this: WTF! You’re genuinely great with cats and I’ve only ever had good experiences with you, so seeing all this hate is just a massive disappointment.

The wild part is, the only reason a guy can run a soft, kitty-grooming business where he gets to scrub a dub dub our little fluffy kitties all day 🫧, without being forced into traditional manly heavy labor jobs involving lumber, like chopping down trees, like real men do, is because progressive culture opened those doors. Bashing the exact progressive culture that gives you the freedom to do what you love doesn't even make sense!

I can’t find any of his accounts now.

Does anyone know if he’s still wildin' out and posting hatred and bigotry on social media, or has he been laying low?

Any updates on him and his views?

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