SEATTLE — Police are investigating after a woman was killed in a single-vehicle crash in Seattle’s Hillman City neighborhood early Monday morning.
At about 1:15 a.m., the 19-year-old driver of a Jeep was traveling southbound on Rainier Avenue South when she reportedly lost control of her vehicle.
She then struck a light pole and a tree at a high rate of speed near South Findlay Street, according to the Seattle Police Department.
The passenger in the vehicle, a 25-year-old woman, was killed in the collision.
The driver suffered no significant injuries.
Officers determined the driver showed signs of impairment.
She was booked into the King County Jail for investigation of vehicular homicide.