#Traffic safety

A new online work zone and first responder course becomes mandatory Nov. 1 for first-time Washington drivers under 25, the first piece of a training overhaul that phases in through 2030.

David Hector Garcia Flores, 38, surrendered to Washington State Patrol and faces a felony charge in the death of motorcyclist Jeff Woods on SR 525, as state data shows a mixed picture for rider safety.

A 24-year-old Seattle man is charged with vehicular homicide after driving the wrong way on I-90 near George, killing two 23-year-old women. Washington has the nation's highest rate of fatal wrong-way crashes, and the rural stretch where it happened has none of the state's new detection technology.