Tag: deaths
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Driver who killed Mike Wang gets maximum penalty + His widow Claire’s letter to the judge
Erlin Garcia-Reyes was sentenced to 41 months in prison today, the maximum penalty for felony hit and run. He pleaded guilty last month to striking Mike Wang in the Dexter bike lane and killing him just over one year ago. Claire Allen, Wang’s widow, sent us the powerful letter she wrote to the sentencing judge:…
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Tacoma insurance company president dies after fall during RAMROD
Steve Albers, President of Albers & Company insurance in Tacoma, has died from injuries after a crash last Thursday during the Ride Around Mount Rainier in One Day (RAMROD). He was 60. From Albers & Company: It is with great sadness we announce that Steve has gone on the ultimate adventure without us. He was our leader,…
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8-year-old biking in Federal Way struck and killed Sunday
An 8-year-old boy on his bike was struck by a car just before 8 p.m. Sunday night one block from his Federal Way home. Wayde Rodriguez-Fale was rushed to the hospital where he was declared dead. KIRO reports that police examined the driver and told the station there were no signs of impairment or negligent…
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Garcia-Reyes pleads guilty to hit and run that killed Mike Wang
Erlin Garcia-Reyes pleaded guilty to felony hit and run today, just 11 days before the one-year anniversary of the fatal collision that took Mike Wang’s life. From the King County Prosecutor’s Office: Erlin Garcia-Reyes pleaded guilty as charged this afternoon to Felony Hit and Run for the hit and run death of cyclist Michael Wang…
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Suspect in Wang’s fatal hit and run pleads not guilty
The man suspected of striking and killing Mike Wang on Dexter Ave last year has pleaded not guilty to the charge of felony hit and run. Erlin Garcia-Reyes, 28, is being held on $500,000 bail. Garcia-Reyes, a native of Honduras, allegedly made a quick turn in front of Wang, who was in the bike lane.…
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Happy Birthday, Nap
Nap Cantwell would have been 19 today. Flowers and two ghost bikes now adorn the intersection where he crashed into the side of a van May 29. He died one week later.
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