Tag: injuries

March 6, 2012

Mechanic seriously injured while biking to work at Kent bike shop – UPDATE: RIP Fred

UPDATE 3/10: Fred passed away March 9. See update below for more. Original post, published 3/6: Fred Rehberger, a racer and mechanic at Northwest Tri and Bike in Kent, was seriously injured earlier this week when a car struck him on the way to work February 29, The Bicycle Paper reports. Friends and coworkers are…
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tagged: fred rehberger, injuries, kent, northwest tri and bike, wrecks
December 20, 2011

Cops mock West Seattle man struck by truck while jogging to work

“That’s why you drive a car!” said one Seattle Police officer responding to the scene of a man struck by a semi truck near the foot of West Seattle’s lower bridge while he was jogging to work during the October Viaduct shutdown. The city encouraged people to find other ways of getting to work during…
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tagged: injuries, komo, spd, tim nelson, walking, west seattle
October 21, 2011

Man biking on Aurora injured in collision with car

A man in his 40s went to the hospital with serious but not life-threatening injuries Thursday evening after colliding with a car while biking southbound on Aurora near 90th Ave N N 90th St. From SPD: On October 20th, at approximately 7:39 pm, an adult male bicyclist was travelling southbound in the 8900 Block of…
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tagged: aurora, greenwood, injuries, spd
October 3, 2011

PI: Top five spots where people biking and driving collide

The Seattle PI has tracked down the five spots in Seattle where the most bicycle-car collisions have occurred in recent years. NE 45th Street in front of Dick’s took the top spot, which may surprise some. But I fear that wide intersection full of drunk and/or hungry people turning in and out of the drive-in…
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tagged: injuries, safety, wrecks
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 10, 2011

Person biking dies after colliding with car on the Ave – UPDATED

A person was killed in a collision with a turning car on University Way in the U District Saturday evening. He was traveling southbound (downhill) around 6:18 p.m. when he collided with a car making a left turn onto westbound Campus Parkway. UPDATE 1:27 pm: KOMO reports he was delivering sandwiches for Jimmy John’s at…
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tagged: deaths, injuries, u district, university way