A driver and his passenger were killed in a single-car accident Wednesday morning in Kent just south of the intersection of Southeast Kent Kangley Road and 124th Avenue Southeast.
Kent Police have not released the names of the two men. The driver is a 25-year-old Federal Way man and the passenger a 25-year-old Auburn man.
A passerby noticed a vehicle deep in the woods on the west side of 124th Avenue Southeast and called 911 at about 6:53 a.m., just at daylight, according to Kent Police spokeswoman Melanie Robinson. The exact time of the crash is unknown.
Officers found two men inside a heavily damaged vehicle. The Kent Fire Department also responded and declared the driver dead at the scene. The passenger sustained life-threatening injuries and paramedics transported him to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, where he later died.
An initial investigation shows that alcohol and speed may have been a factor in the accident, according to a police media release. Police closed 124th Avenue Southeast between Kent Kangley Road and Southeast 270th Avenue to conduct an investigation of the accident.
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