Man killed after driving pickup truck into cars at Kirkland apartment complex

A man in his 50s was killed early Tuesday morning when he drove a truck into four cars located at an apartment complex in the North Rose Hill neighborhood.

A man in his 50s was killed early Tuesday morning when the truck he was driving crashed into four cars located at an apartment complex in the North Rose Hill neighborhood.

According to Kirkland Police Spokesperson Lt. Mike Murray, the crash occurred at around 2 a.m. when the man was driving a full-size Ford pickup truck northbound on 132nd Avenue Northeast past the Lake Washington Institute of Technology.

As he was driving towards the left to go westbound on Northeast 120th Avenue, he instead continued driving straight into the Montebello Apartment Homes located across the road. The truck struck a tree, then a dumpster before smashing into four other cars. All vehicles were totaled, Murray said.

Police estimate the truck’s speed to have been 90-100 miles per hour at the time of the crash.

Although the vehicle is registered to a Kirkland resident, it is not known whether the driver was the owner, according to Murray. It is also not known at this time whether he was under the influence of alcohol or drugs.