{"id":22898,"date":"2016-03-01T13:58:43","date_gmt":"2016-03-01T21:58:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/news\/green-river-student-dies-in-car-accident\/"},"modified":"2016-03-01T13:58:43","modified_gmt":"2016-03-01T21:58:43","slug":"green-river-student-dies-in-car-accident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/news\/green-river-student-dies-in-car-accident\/","title":{"rendered":"Green River student dies in car accident"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Green River College student died in a car accident last month in Tacoma.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Shane T. Peterson, 21, started classes at Green River last fall and was pursing a bachelor’s degree in business management at the college’s Kent campus.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Peterson of University Place was a passenger in a Mazda sedan driven by Erik Pykkonen on South Mildred Street near South 10th Street at approximately 1:17 a.m. on Feb. 16, when the vehicle lost control and struck an unoccupied recreational vehicle parked on the side of the road, according to the Tacoma Police Department.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Police reported there were no witnesses, but several people heard the crash and responded to help.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Peterson was pronounced dead at the scene, and Pykkonen died later at a hospital, according to police.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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