07/09/2009

Associated Press

A Snohomish County sheriff's deputy and his prisoner are expected to fully recover from injuries they suffered in a collision that killed the other driver on Highway 2 near Snohomish.

Washington State Patrol Trooper Keith Leary says the 35-year-old deputy is in stable condition at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle. The prisoner, who was on his way to jail for domestic violence, was treated for minor injuries at a hospital in Everett.

Leary says a pickup truck apparently crossed the center line and collided with the patrol car about 4:30 a.m. The pickup truck burned and the driver died at the scene.

Rescuers had to cut the roof off the patrol car to reach the deputy and prisoner.

(with information from KOMO Radio, KOMO-TV, The Herald)