Jeep crashes into Liberty Bay

A Bainbridge Island driver veered off of Fjord Drive and crashed into Liberty Bay March 30.

POULSBO — Poulsbo’s police and fire crews responded to a crash on the Poulsbo shoreline after a Jeep veered off the road and crashed into Liberty Bay, March 30.

Emergency personnel were called around 1 p.m. to the crash in the 17000 block of Fjord Drive NE.

A 64-year-old Bainbridge Island woman was driving a Jeep northbound on Fjord Drive when she veered onto the soft shoulder of the road. She then over-corrected her steering and drove across the oncoming lane. The vehicle then struck a curb at the edge of the road and went airborne toward the bay, according to Poulsbo Deputy Police Chief John Halsted. The Jeep crashed into the bay. It was submerged in about two feet of water.

The vehicle’s airbags did deploy. The woman was not injured. She exited the Jeep after the accident and was on the shore when officials arrived at the scene.

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