Tag: rainier valley

February 3, 2015

Woman struck while crossing Rainier: ‘I have never been so scared and alone’

Here’s a very important story that got buried by all the Super Bowl frenzy: A woman who was struck while walking across Rainier Ave January 23 spoke to King 5 recently about what it has been like to recover physically and get through the trauma of being struck in a crosswalk by someone in a…
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tagged: myurie ausler, rainier ave, rainier valley
November 18, 2014

Listen: KUOW on Rainier Ave’s speeding problem + Meeting tonight

Rainier Ave has a serious speeding problem. But, of course, that speeding problem is actually a symptom caused by the street’s dangerous, highway-style design problem. Four lanes of traffic splitting through bustling neighborhood centers and business districts is inherently dangerous. In fact, it’s the most dangerous city-owned street in Seattle. You can help change that…
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tagged: bike works, columbia city, kuow, meetings, phyllis porter, rainier ave, rainier valley, rainier valley greenways, sdot
November 12, 2014

Rainier Ave safety project kicks off, two meetings this week

Rainier Ave has been the scene of far more than its share of death and injury, serving both as the main commercial drag through Rainier Valley and one of the city’s most dangerous streets. There were 1,243 collisions, 630 injuries and two fatalities between January 2011 and September 2014. But the city is no longer…
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tagged: columbia city, dongho chang, rainier ave, rainier beach, rainier valley, sdot
October 27, 2014

Saturday: Join Mayor Murray on a vigil walk for 7-year-old struck on MLK

Someone driving down MLK struck and critically injured seven-year-old Zeytuna Edo September 30 while Zeytuna was on her way to a tutoring session at the Boys & Girls Club. The person behind the wheel did not stop. In fact, witnesses said the driver did not even slow down. Nearly a month later, Zeytuna is still…
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tagged: ed murray, mlk way, rainier valley, zeytuna
October 3, 2014

Police find Tahoe involved in hit and run of 7-year-old + City announces safety project on nearby Rainier Ave

Seattle Police announced Friday that they have found and impounded the red Chevy Tahoe they believe struck and critically injured a seven-year-old girl at MLK and Genesee Tuesday. Now they are on the search to find the person behind the wheel who hit her and chose to flee the scene, leaving the child unresponsive in…
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tagged: dongho chang, mlk way, rainier ave, rainier valley, sdot
October 1, 2014

This must end. Child hit ‘like a dog’ by two people who both kept driving in Rainier Valley

A seven-year-old girl is in serious condition in the Harborview ICU after she was struck by two different cars on MLK at S Genesee Street last night. “They hit her like a dog. Just ran over her, not stopping, no nothing. They sped up, not stopping at all — neither one of them,” one witness…
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tagged: hit and run, injuries, komo, mlk way, rainier valley