Crime & Safety

Update: Wrong-Way Driver Charged With Vehicular Homicide, Bail Set at $1 Million

Prosecutors say Michael A. Robertson was driving under the influence of alcohol when he made a U-turn on State Route 520 and began driving westbound in the eastbound lanes.

The 25-year-old Tacoma man accused of killing a Seattle woman in Thursday's wrong-way collision on State Route 520 has been charged with vehicular homicide, according to SeattlePI.com.

He is being held on $1 million bail, The Seattle Times reported.

King County prosecutors allege Michael A. Robertson was driving under the influence of alcohol when he made a U-turn in the eastbound lanes of 520 and attempted to drive back to Seattle. His Ford Explorer was allegedly approaching speeds of 100 mph when it collided with a compact car driven by 58-year-old Morgan F. Williams, who later died at Harborview.

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The PI reports that police said Robertson tried to get out of his Ford Explorer after the crash, despite having a broken ankle. First responders found a nearly empty bottle of Fireball whiskey in the front passenger's seat, according to the report.

The 58-year-old Seattle woman killed in a wrong-way collision on State Route 520 early Thursday morning was traveling to her job at Eddie Bauer in Bellevue, where she had worked for 32 years.

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The Seattle Times reported Thursday that Morgan F. Williams worked as manager of accounts payable at the Bellevue-based retail company. She had been employed at Eddie Bauer since attending college at UW, and previously worked as its fabric buyer.

The company released the following statement, according to KIRO TV:

We are saddened to learn the news of Morgan Williams’ death this morning. She has been with Eddie Bauer for 32 years, and will be greatly missed by her friends and colleagues. We are working to support her family and friends as they receive this difficult news, and send them our deepest sympathies.


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