Woman dies after car hits tree in North Kitsap
Published 1:30 am Tuesday, April 18, 2023
A woman was killed after her vehicle crashed into a tree in North Kitsap April 15.
The incident occurred just after 11 p.m. in the 5800 block of Minder Road when the 2019 Ford was traveling southbound at a “rate faster than the posted 30 mph,” a statement from the Kitsap County Sheriff’s Office reads.
The vehicle traveled about 100 yards off the road before colliding with the tree. The SUV appeared to have spun before coming to rest alongside the road. The woman was the lone occupant.
After the crash, the vehicle was facing northbound on Minder Road with extensive damage to its front end, and a deputy observed a tree with what appeared to be recent damage, the KCSO statement reads.
North Kitsap Fire & Rescue was on scene attempting to remove the unresponsive woman from the vehicle before administering lifesaving measures to her. She was placed in an ambulance to be transported to a nearby area to be life flighted to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, but shortly after it left, first responders declared the woman dead.
The woman has since been identified by the Kitsap County Medical Examiner’s Office as 53-year-old Shannon Castillo of Suquamish. The cause of death was listed as “multiple blunt force injuries” while the manner of death was “accidental.”
