Suspect in car crash flees hospital in buff

A man suspected of causing an accident that injured seven people in Bothell Wednesday night tried to flee from police by running from a hospital where he was being treated for minor injuries, the State Patrol says. But he left behind his clothes.

The naked man was apprehended by a State Patrol trooper in the parking lot at Evergreen Hospital Medical Center in Kirkland.

Just after 6 p.m., the State Patrol began receiving 911 calls from witnesses who reported a white 1998 Dodge Dakota pickup being driven at more than 100 mph on the southbound lanes of Interstate 405 in Bothell. The pickup struck a Mazda minivan carrying two women and four children. The State Patrol reports the impact forced the minivan across four lanes of traffic and onto a dirt median, where it overturned.

All six people in the minivan were taken to local hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries. Two of the children were treated for possible broken bones, according to the State Patrol.

The driver of the pickup was identified by the State Patrol as Geoffrey T. Goddard, 25, of Kirkland, who attempted to flee the emergency room at the Kirkland hospital while being treated for minor injuries.

A trooper apprehended Goddard as he was running across the hospital parking lot without any clothing.

Goddard was released from the hospital and booked into King County Jail for two counts of investigation of vehicular assault.