Local Briefly: Crash knots up traffic bound for Camano Island

STANWOOD -- A four-car pile-up just west of the Mark Clark Bridge on Highway 532 on Wednesday night snarled rush-hour traffic on the only route on or off Camano Island. The pile-up began when a pickup truck was trying to make a left turn into a roadside berry stand just before 5 p.m., Washington State Patrol trooper Keith Leary said. One person was taken to the hospital as a precaution, officials said. It took nearly three hours for traffic to clear and begin moving normally. Glacier Peak: Lost hiker gets help out Crews in a Snohomish County search-and-rescue helicopter found a lost hiker on Glacier Peak on Thursday, lowered a radio to him and helped him to hike out on his own. By Thursday evening, the man was safely off the mountain, Snohomish County sheriff's spokeswoman Rebecca Hover said. Ground crews met him on the trail... [read full story]