Tag: mike wang

July 17, 2012

Garcia-Reyes pleads guilty to hit and run that killed Mike Wang

Erlin Garcia-Reyes pleaded guilty to felony hit and run today, just 11 days before the one-year anniversary of the fatal collision that took Mike Wang’s life. From the King County Prosecutor’s Office: Erlin Garcia-Reyes pleaded guilty as charged this afternoon to Felony Hit and Run for the hit and run death of cyclist Michael Wang…
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tagged: deaths, erlin garcia-reyes, king county prosecutor, mike wang
June 21, 2012

Suspect in Wang’s fatal hit and run pleads not guilty

The man suspected of striking and killing Mike Wang on Dexter Ave last year has pleaded not guilty to the charge of felony hit and run. Erlin Garcia-Reyes, 28, is being held on $500,000 bail. Garcia-Reyes, a native of Honduras, allegedly made a quick turn in front of Wang, who was in the bike lane.…
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tagged: deaths, erlin garcia-reyes, mike wang
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
May 16, 2012

Taiwanese Association offers $6K reward for information about hit-and-run that killed Wang

The driver of a brown SUV gunned it to make a quick left across two lanes of general traffic plus a bike lane on Dexter Ave last July. But PATH photographer Mike Wang was traveling in the bike lane at that moment, and the driver struck Wang, killing him. After stopping for a moments, the…
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tagged: mike wang, taiwanese association of greater seattle
October 14, 2011

An evening to remember Mike Wang October 18

There is still space left for you to join a dinner and fundraiser in memory of Mike Wang, who was killed by a hit-and-run driver in July. Wang’s photography will be on display and up for silent auction. Money raised will go to a college fund for his children Sylvie and Walter. The event starts…
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September 26, 2011

Safe Streets Social provides space for healing, calls for change

80 or so people gathered in Lake Union Park to ride in memory of people killed on our streets. But the Safe Streets Social was also about creating an opportunity for bicycle riders who have been shaken by news of recent bicycling deaths to come together and support each other, mourn those killed and take…
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tagged: brian fairbrother, dexter, fairview, mike wang, robert townsend, safe streets social, south lake union, south lake union park, university district