Bellingham woman dies in Skagit County traffic collision Friday night
CORRECTION: This story was updated after further investigation announced Thursday, Dec. 31, by the Washington State Patrol found Bratz was not at fault in the crash and her car did not cross the center line.
A Bellingham woman died Friday night in a traffic collision in Skagit County, according to a news release from the Washington State Patrol.
Sonja M. Bratz, 35, was driving southbound on State Route 20 on Fidalgo Island about 7:30 p.m. on Dec. 18 when her Pontiac Sunfire was struck by a northbound Honda Accord driven by a 45-year-old Anacortes woman.
The Anacortes woman was airlifted to Harborview hospital in Seattle. She is in serious condition Saturday, Dec. 19, at the ICU at Harborview, according to Susan Gregg, the hospital’s director of media relations.
Both women were wearing seatbelts at the time of the crash and the cause is under investigation, according to the state patrol release.
This story was originally published December 19, 2020 at 7:55 AM.
