Tag: deaths
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Memorial for Nap Cantwell Thursday, his would-be 19th birthday
As Nap Cantwell entered adulthood, his personality began to shine. But now friends and family are mourning the loss of a man they hardly had the chance to know. Cantwell was running late for work when, riding his father’s bike, he collided with the side of a van at Pike and Boren the morning of…
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Musician and Elysian Brewing son Nap Cantwell dies from injuries in May crash
The young man who was seriously injured when he collided with a van while biking down Pike at Boren late last month has died, Capitol Hill Seattle reports. Nap Cantwell was the son of Dick Cantwell, owner of Elysian Brewing, and Chiyo Ishakawa, deputy curator for the Seattle Art Museum. He was 18. From CHS:…
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Police arrest suspect in hit-and-run that killed Mike Wang last summer – UPDATED
Police say they have arrested the person they suspect struck and killed Mike Wang on Dexter Ave Last year. Details will be announced at an 11 a.m. press conference. UPDATE: The suspect is Erlin Garcia Reyes, 28, from Normandy Park. Police said the information currently available to release is limited and up to the prosecutors…
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More details in collision that killed Rehberger near Kent
Fred Rehberger was crossing Military Rd near S 272nd St when an automobile struck him February 29. He was transported to Harborview Medical Center in critical condition and put on life support. Ten days later, he was taken off life support and died from his injuries at the stroke of midnight March 10. He was…
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Injured Kent bike mechanic Fred Rehberger dies
Fred Rehberger, a racer and mechanic at Northwest Tri and Bike in Kent, was seriously injured when a car struck him on the way to work February 29. He was taken to Harborview in critical condition, but he could not recover. He was taken off life support March 9 and died shortly before midnight. Condolences…
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Man who killed Nakatani in Kirkland could face four years in jail
Nathan Godwin has two glasses of champagne, one “Adios Motherfucker” (a mix of five different hard liquors), one beer, smoked a blunt and took prescription Suboxone and Lexapro before getting behind the wheel of a Ford Excursion, driving 60 in a 35 and killing Bradley Nakatani while Nakatani was biking home from work. This is…
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