Seattle: Washington state authorities say 4-year-old twins freed themselves from their car seats and climbed an embankment seeking help following a car crash that killed their father.
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KING-TV reported 47-year-old Corey Simmons of Langley died when the vehicle with his daughters in the backseat crashed on Whidbey Island around 6 pm Friday.
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Family members say the girls climbed about 200 feet (61 meters) up to the road after the accident 34 miles (55 kilometers) north of Seattle.
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Authorities say Simmons was not wearing a seatbelt when the car crashed into trees and went down the embankment.
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Police say the girls were transported to a hospital with minor injuries after an unidentified woman passing in her car went back to help and called 911.
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Authorities say the accident is under investigation.
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