Tag: hit and run

November 13, 2012

Man biking at Howell and Yale in critical condition after truck driver runs him over, flees scene – UPDATED

A 49-year-old man biking at Howell and Yale was run over by a truck just after 8:30 a.m. Tuesday morning. He was rushed to hospital in critical condition. The driver fled the scene after the collision. Police describe the truck as a blue and grey tandem dump truck, which fled southbound on I-5. We will…
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tagged: denny triangle, hit and run, injuries
November 2, 2012

Kid biking to middle school struck in Kent hit-and-run

A kid biking to middle school in Kent was struck by a car and dragged several feet Thursday morning. She was taken to the hospital in stable condition. The driver left the scene, but police tracked her to her workplace. She told police she did not know she hit the girl, and that’s why she…
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tagged: hit and run, injuries, kent, king 5, mill creek middle school
August 15, 2012

Cascade: Man left unconscious after Dexter hit and run

Someone driving Tuesday morning struck Jerry Scott near Dexter and Denny, then fled the scene, Cascade Bicycle Club reports. The person responsible left Scott, who has biked the route to work for many years, unconscious on the side of the road with several ribs broken and a punctured lung. If you were in the area…
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tagged: denny triangle, denny way, dexter, hit and run, injuries, wrecks
June 7, 2012

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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tagged: deaths, dexter, hit and run, mike wang, spd
September 20, 2011

Man biking crashes on Capitol Hill after car pulls in front of him, driver flees

A man biking on E Olive Way crashed after the driver of a car pulled in front of him near Belmont Ave E Tuesday morning, Capitol Hill Seattle reports. He was transported to the hospital, but was conscious and alert. The injured man was biking westbound (downhill) on Olive Way when the driver pulled in…
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tagged: belmont, capitol hill, capitol hill seattle, hit and run, injuries, olive way
September 14, 2011

King 5: Lakewood hit-and-run victim pleads for driver to ‘do the right thing’

A Navy veteran struck from behind in Lakewood (southwest of Tacoma) is asking for the person who hit him to come clean. James “Jym” Kinney was biking home September 7 when the driver hit him and never stopped. King 5 has the story:
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tagged: hit and run, james kinney, king 5, lakewood