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Third fatal motorcycle crash in King county this week

By John White
Published  September 28, 2013 10:53pm PDT
FOX 13 Seattle

FEDERAL WAY -- A 42-year old Bothell man was killed when he lost control of his motorcycle and crashed Saturday morning on Interstate 5 in Federal Way.

The Washington State Patrol reported that William Bissell was traveling northbound on I-5 near South 320th Street just before 5:00 a.m. when he lost control and crashed.

Troopers had yet to release the official cause of the crash.

This is the third fatality accident this past week in King County involving a motorcycle or scooter.

On Thursday afternoon September 26, a motorcyclist was killed on the Alaskan Way viaduct when his motor scooter crashed and hit a guardrail near Seneca Street.

The accident closed the northbound lanes of the viaduct until 7p.m.

And on Wednesday night, a motorcyclist was killed when crashed on the viaduct, sending him over the edge and onto First Avenue South below, Seattle Police reported.