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<< Previous   of   Next >>   ADVERTISEMENT   CONTACT THE HERALD Robert Frank, City Editor frank@heraldnet.com   Published: Friday, August 29, 2008 Monroe teen critically hurt after falling off moving SUV By Jackson Holtz Herald Writer MONROE – A 17-year-old Monroe boy is in critical condition at Harborview Medical Center after falling off the running board of a moving vehicle early this morning. Two teens, both 17, were standing on the running board of a moving 1995 GMC Suburban, Monroe police spokeswoman Debbie Willis said. Around 2:20 a.m, as the SUV was headed west on Wales Street just east of Van Avenue when the driver, a Monroe boy, 17, hit the brakes, she said. One of the boys fell and suffered a serious head injury. He was rushed to the Seattle trauma center. No one else was hurt. Police still investigating the incident, Willis said.

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