VIDEO: Two people are dead and three are seriously injured after a driver went off the end of the Edmonds Ferry Terminal late Tuesday night during a chase with deputies. Witnesses told KING 5 they saw the car weaving in and out of traffic, eluding law enforcement, before driving onto the ferry dock and off the end. It appeared that the driver made no attempt to brake, they said. The Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office was pursuing the driver at the time.
The car was submerged in 40 feet of water. By the time emergency personnel got to the scene, three people had been rescued from the water, but it’s unclear how. Two people died at the scene. The Washington State Patrol had previously attempted to stop the car earlier in the night on southbound I-5 near milepost 189 because they were going nearly 80 miles per hour; however, that pursuit was stopped a short time later. One ferry had to be deferred from docking at Edmonds, but the route is now back in service. Crews were able to tow the Mini Cooper out of the water at around 3:30 a.m.
