A 48-year-old Kent man injured last Friday while riding a motorcycle along State Route 18 in Auburn remained in satisfactory condition Tuesday at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle.<\/p>\n
Chad J. Brink was moved out of intensive care on Tuesday, according to a hospital spokeswoman.<\/p>\n
A motorcycle and four vehicles were involved in the accident as traffic snarled just after 6 p.m. on eastbound SR 18, just west of State Route 164 at milepost 3, according to a State Patrol accident report.<\/p>\n
Brink was riding a Yamaha motorcycle and moved into another lane and reportedly struck a car from behind, pushing it into another vehicle that rammed a fourth car that had stopped in the congestion, according to the report. Brink was separated from his motorcycle on impact. The bike came to rest in a lane and was struck by a fifth car. He was airlifted to Harborview.<\/p>\n
One driver, a 54-year-old Auburn man in the fourth involved car, was injured in the chain-reaction accident and taken to MultiCare Auburn Medical Center. Nobody else was injured.<\/p>\n
The State Patrol listed following too close as the cause of the accident. Drugs and alcohol were not involved and no charges were filed, according to the report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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