Tag: monroe

December 4, 2014

Recent traffic violence: Man killed walking to work downtown, Puyallup pastor injured biking to help homeless + more

The crisis of traffic violence in our region continues to maim and kill our neighbors, coworkers and loved ones. Here’s a quick and sadly far-from-complete look at some recent tragedies. Sadly, every victim in this post is over the age of 60, furthering the terrible rule that traffic violence impacts seniors disproportionately. Every one of…
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tagged: bellevue, downtown, eric renz, kallie james, leo almanzor, monroe, richard pratt, seth tyler, traffic violence
January 2, 2013

‘She had nothing, but she gave all that she could’

In the weeks after she moved from living in her car to a room at the Brookside Motel, Debbrah Marie Pesce impressed her neighbors with her willingness to give back to others despite struggling with homelessness herself. An apparently impatient person driving a late 80s or early 90s Ford F-Series pickup truck killed Pesce while…
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tagged: deaths, debbrah pesce, hwy 2, monroe, old owen road
December 27, 2012

Woman biking in Monroe killed, driver flees scene

A pickup driver killed a woman biking on Highway 2 in Monroe Wednesday night, then fled the scene. The collision happened at 7:37 p.m. near the intersection of Highway 2 and Old Own Road. The pickup was stopped behind another vehicle, and the driver started revving its engine. The driver then pulled quickly around the…
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tagged: deaths, hit and run, hwy 2, monroe