Tag: hit and run

October 1, 2014

This must end. Child hit ‘like a dog’ by two people who both kept driving in Rainier Valley

A seven-year-old girl is in serious condition in the Harborview ICU after she was struck by two different cars on MLK at S Genesee Street last night. “They hit her like a dog. Just ran over her, not stopping, no nothing. They sped up, not stopping at all — neither one of them,” one witness…
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tagged: hit and run, injuries, komo, mlk way, rainier valley
June 20, 2014

Police release more details in serious hit and run near W Seattle Bridge

Seattle Police are still seeking help finding the person responsible for hitting and seriously injuring a man on a bike near the lower West Seattle Bridge last month. The suspect drove away from the scene, leaving behind pieces of his/her metallic blue Saturn S Series car. If anyone saw such a car missing a sideview…
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tagged: crime, harbor island, hit and run, injuries, spd, west seattle
May 23, 2014

Man biking struck near W Seattle Bridge, police seek suspect + Rash of other area collisions

A man biking was struck at the east end of the lower West Seattle Bridge Thursday night. The person driving fled the scene. Police are seeking more information to help catch the suspect and learn what happened. And obviously, the person who was driving should do the right thing and turn themselves in. Details from…
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tagged: hit and run, injuries, lower west seattle bridge, spd, traffic violence, west seattle
May 12, 2014

Two people collide while biking on I-90 Bridge, State Patrol looking for suspect who fled

With strong cross-winds, waves crashing on one side and highway traffic flying by on the other, biking over the I-90 Bridge can be a rather unnerving experience. But crashes on the bridge are somewhat rare, but that is probably no comfort to one woman who was injured in an April 30 collision with another woman…
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tagged: crime, hit and run, I-90 trail, injuries, washington state patrol
August 8, 2013

Man charged with hitting Jimmy John’s delivery person and fleeing the scene

A man who allegedly struck and injured a person making deliveries for Jimmy John’s in the U District has been charged with felony hit and run, KIRO TV reports. The collision occurred on the Ave at Campus Parkway, the same intersection where Robert Townsend died in a 2011 collision while delivering for Jimmy John’s. Malcolm…
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tagged: hit and run, injuries, malcolm beaver, robert townsend, university way
July 25, 2013

Mother of teen struck while walking across MLK at Walden pleads for driver who fled to come forward

A family is devastated and a mother is heartbroken as her 15-year-old son fights for his life in a hospital bed. He was struck while crossing MLK at S Walden St around midnight last Friday while walking home from late night open gym hours at Rainier Community Center. His mother went on KIRO TV to…
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tagged: hit and run, rainier valley