Tag: deaths
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Seattle needs to do some major soul searching after what happened to Mamy Mbiya Lutumba
A single mother of four was killed, the person responsible fled, and nobody even bothered to tell her children. This happened in our city, Seattle, and everyone needs to stop what they’re doing and acknowledge it. The story of what happened to Mamy Mbiya Lutumba and her four children is inexcusable on many levels. Our…
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State Routes lead Washington’s horrible increase in deaths of people walking, biking or rolling
The Washington Traffic Safety Commission has put together a new dashboard breaking down the conditions surrounding traffic deaths of people walking, biking or rolling. The data covers ten years from 2012 through 2021 (2022 data is not yet finalized), and there are some undeniable trends that point to the problems. First off, the worst chart…
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Washington’s streets continue to fail kids like Mikey Weilert
Michael Weilert stopped, pushed the button to make the crosswalk lights start blinking, waited to see that cars were stopping, then rode his bike across busy Pacific Avenue S in Parkland last Tuesday. But even though other people had stopped their cars at the clearly marked crosswalk, a 27-year-old woman drove a Jeep straight through…
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Driver kills person biking near Spokane Street Bridge then flees the scene
Someone driving struck and killed a 63-year-old man on a bike at the east end of the Spokane Street Bridge to West Seattle Friday evening. The suspect then fled the scene in a white or silver sedan. Our deepest condolences to this man’s friends and family. Seattle Times reporter and West Seattle resident Mike Lindblom…
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RIP Gan Hao Li
The person killed while biking in SoDo May 11 has been identified as Gan Hao Li, the Seattle Times reports. He was 73. Our deepest condolences to his loved ones. Li immigrated from China and lived at Hirabayashi Place in Chinatown International District with his wife Cui. David Kroman at the Times spoke to several…
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