In Bellevue, Washington on the
Saturday morning of February
24, 2007 (called in at 10:31
AM), a passing Metro Bus
Supervisor called 911 after
seeing a vehicle upside-down
in Mercer Slough near the
eastbound off-ramp from
Bellevue Way to I-90 and I-405
(very close to Lake
Washington). The Washington
State Patrol, Bellevue Fir
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In Bellevue, Washington on the
Saturday morning of February
24, 2007 (called in at 10:31
AM), a passing Metro Bus
Supervisor called 911 after
seeing a vehicle upside-down
in Mercer Slough near the
eastbound off-ramp from
Bellevue Way to I-90 and I-405
(very close to Lake
Washington). The Washington
State Patrol, Bellevue Fire,
and neighboring Mercer Island
Fire responded. The car's top
was totally submerged under
water, so divers were called
in. A young male from Kent
was found and pronounced dead
at the scene. He would later
be identified as 18 year old
Mathew Durnwirth. State
Patrol says he lost control,
bouncing off both sides of the
guardrails, before his car
flipped and dropped 50 ft to
the muddy water below. The
King County Medical Examiner
was dispatched to investigate
further how he died. Two
different ramps were closed
down during this process. On
the night before (on Friday),
a man called 911 around 10:42
PM reporting that he thought
he saw a car going a high rate
of speed loose control around
the same area. A State Patrol
was dispatched to the area,
but did not find anything.
Now, State Patrol is saying
that the incidences are
related. When the red Honda
Civic was pulled out of the
water, investigators found an
empty vodka bottle, along with
multiple empty beer cans.

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