Tag: injuries

May 2, 2016

Missing Link claims another victim ahead of tonight’s Ballard safe streets open house

This morning, the train tracks on the Burke-Gilman Trail Missing Link claimed yet another victim. Reader Ted came across a woman who took a very bad spill in the same spot so many people have crashed before her. After helping her and waiting for medics to arrive and take over, he took this photo and…
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tagged: ballard, injuries, missing link
April 19, 2016

Man biking in Bellevue catches his own scary hit and run on video

Dan Scarf was in a pretty “mundane” part of his bike commute home to his wife and three kids on a street marked for 25 mph and calmed with speed humps when someone driving a black Ford F150 struck him hard and fled the scene without stopping. “I’m really angry at the guy, and I’m…
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tagged: bellevue, dan scarf, hit and run, injuries, jane kriehn
April 7, 2016

Police searching for hit-and-run suspect who injured man biking in Issaquah

Police are searching for the person who struck and injured a man biking in Issaquah Wednesday morning and fled the scene. Though he was hauled off to the hospital on a stretcher, Dave Anderson escaped the collision with minor injuries. He’s scraped up and bruised, but was able to give interviews to media asking for…
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tagged: crime, dave anderson, injuries, issaquah, issaquah press, issaquah-hobart road, king county sheriff, komo
March 23, 2016

Woman biking critically injured in Bellevue collision, person driving flees

Someone driving an unknown vehicle struck a woman biking in Bellevue this morning, critically injuring her. The suspect left the woman in critical condition on the side of the road and fled the scene without even calling for help. The location is a major crossing of the I-90 Trail. 118th Ave SE is also a…
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tagged: bellevue, bellevue police, crime, hit and run, injuries, vision zero bellevue
February 18, 2016

Seattle traffic deaths up in 2015, but serious injuries are down

Twenty people died in Seattle traffic last year, up from 2014’s total of 17 and above the trend the city needs to achieve zero traffic deaths by 2030, one of the city’s Vision Zero goals. Mayor Ed Murray did not mention bikes in his State of the City address. But he did mention traffic safety saying,…
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tagged: deaths, ed murray, injuries, ride the ducks, vision zero
February 2, 2016

KOMO: Man injured in terrifying hit and run wants person responsible to apologize

A person driving a white Subaru wagon (Legacy or Outback) took a wide, fast turn into a Kirkland parking lot and stuck John Sullivan who was riding his bike the morning of January 22. But that was just the beginning. After dragging the man, the person driving stopped and backed up over Sullivan, then went…
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tagged: hit and run, injuries, john sullivan, kirkland