Tag: wrecks

August 15, 2012

Cascade: Man left unconscious after Dexter hit and run

Someone driving Tuesday morning struck Jerry Scott near Dexter and Denny, then fled the scene, Cascade Bicycle Club reports. The person responsible left Scott, who has biked the route to work for many years, unconscious on the side of the road with several ribs broken and a punctured lung. If you were in the area…
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tagged: denny triangle, denny way, dexter, hit and run, injuries, wrecks
June 27, 2012

Reader looking for witnesses after she was doored at 12th and Marion June 8

Reader Jess was biking down 12th Ave near Seattle University around 5:45 p.m. June 8 when she collided with a parked car door, sending her over her handlebars. Her injuries and hospital bills are significant, but the police report says she fell on her own. The wreck knocked her out, so her memory of what…
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tagged: 12th, capitol hill, door zone, jess mack, spd, wrecks
June 11, 2012

Memorial for Nap Cantwell Thursday, his would-be 19th birthday

As Nap Cantwell entered adulthood, his personality began to shine. But now friends and family are mourning the loss of a man they hardly had the chance to know. Cantwell was running late for work when, riding his father’s bike, he collided with the side of a van at Pike and Boren the morning of…
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tagged: capitol hill, deaths, elysian brewing, memorial, nap cantwell, seattle times, wrecks
March 12, 2012

A couple weeks after getting doored, thief steals Riding Reporter’s bike

It’s been a month of outrageously bad luck for Anne-Marije Rook (AKA the Riding Reporter and editor of the Ballard News Tribune). Weeks after getting doored, someone stole her bike and several belonging to her neighbors. First, she got doored on Roosevelt while riding in the bike lane. The wreck hurt her shoulder and trashed…
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tagged: bike thefts, fremont, riding reporter, wrecks
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
February 23, 2012

Police seeking witnesses to serious bike wreck near N Seattle Community College

A 32 year-old man has life-threatening injuries after an incident while biking on College Way N near North Seattle Community College Thursday afternoon. Police do not yet know what happened and are hoping a witness will come forward. They do not believe any other vehicles were involved. From SPD: On February 23rd at approximately 3:28…
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tagged: north seattle community college, spd, wrecks