Tag: deaths

August 1, 2014

CleanScapes truck driver kills person walking near 8th and James, leaves scene

A person walking near 8th and James was killed Thursday afternoon after a person driving a waste removal truck struck and dragged the victim down the busy First Hill street. The victim, who has not yet been identified, died at the scene. CleanScapes issued a statement Friday acknowledging that one of its trucks was involved…
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tagged: 8th ave, cleanscapes, deaths, first hill, james
June 18, 2014

Person who hit and killed Caleb Shoop in Kenmore gets $175 ticket

The person who failed to stop at a Kenmore crosswalk and killed 19-year-old Caleb Shoop in March has been issued a $175 ticket. “We are shocked at the lack of appropriate consequences for drivers who hit and kill pedestrians/bicyclists while committing traffic infractions,” Caleb’s mother Tammy Shoop wrote in an email to Seattle Bike Blog.…
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tagged: 61st ave ne, caleb shoop, deaths, kenmore, tammy shoop, vulnerable user law
April 22, 2014

Traffic violence is not a war, it’s a horrifying disease

Sometimes, the immense scale of traffic violence overwhelms me. Every single death or life-long injury that happens on our streets happens to somebody’s neighbor, somebody’s friend, somebody’s family member. And every once in a while, it strikes close to our own homes. During a well-attended community workshop during the early stages of the city’s Road…
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tagged: deaths, traffic violence
April 17, 2014

Vigil tonight for 17-year-old killed walking to bus on her way to class

Sandhya Khadka was walking to the bus she takes to class at North Seattle Community College Monday morning when a person driving a pickup truck struck and killed her. She was 17. Khadka, a native of Nepal, was in Seattle to study. She wanted to be an accountant, the Seattle PI reports. Her father lives…
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tagged: 5th Ave NE, deaths, NE 115th St, pinehurst, sandhya khadka, seattle neighborhood greenways
April 9, 2014

Seattle PI: Man charged with vehicular homicide for killing Darren Fouquette on Airport Way

Michael Jordan, 22, was going 73 in a 45 and possibly chatting on a cell phone when he moved into the right lane to pass a semi on Airport Way near Boeing Field in the morning of May 30, 2013. But the semi had changed into the left lane to pass Darren Fouquette, 46, who…
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tagged: airport way, crime, darren fouquette, deaths, michael jordan, seattle pi, vehicular homicide
March 24, 2014

Kenmore 19-year-old killed while biking in crosswalk – UPDATED: RIP Caleb Shoop

A 19-year-old Kenmore man has passed away after a man driving a pickup truck struck him March 18 while he was biking in a Kenmore crosswalk. According to the King County Sheriff’s Office, he was crossing 61st Ave NE at the marked crosswalk at NE 190th Street when he was struck by a 29-year-old man…
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tagged: caleb shoop, deaths, kenmore, kenmore city council, sarah paulson