Tag: wrecks

March 24, 2011

Seattle Times: Details of bicycling actor’s death still fuzzy

Celebrated actor Mark Chamberlin was found lying next to his bike on Dexter Ave early Sunday, but friends and family are still struggling to figure out what happened. According to the Seattle Times, it is still not clear what caused him to fall from his bike. SPD was not called and is not investigating at…
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tagged: deaths, dexter, injuries, mark chamberlin, wrecks
March 22, 2011

Stage actor dies after bicycle incident

There are few details available, but Seattle Times reports that stage actor Mark Chamberlin died Tuesday following a weekend bicycling incident. We will update when we find out what happened. Chamberlin recently starred as Odysseus in The Odyssey at Taproot Theatre. The show closed March 5. Chamberlin, a Phinney Ridge resident, had been an actor…
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tagged: injuries, mark chamberlin, wrecks
January 24, 2011

SDOT’s 2009 traffic report shows drop in bicycle collision rate

Despite the fact that Seattle’s population is growing, traffic volumes and collisions both went down in 2009. The data was collected by SDOT for their 2009 Traffic Report, which was released last week. Flip through the presentation after the jump.
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tagged: 2009, collisions, data, sdot, wrecks
January 21, 2011

Bicyclist struck by Hummer on Capitol Hill

CHS reports that a bicyclist was not seriously injured after colliding with a Hummer on E Olive Way at Howell just before midnight last night. An anonymous commenter reported the following: I heard the crash and people yelling so I went out to see what happened. It had only been about 5 minutes, but the…
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tagged: capitol hill, hummers, wrecks
January 13, 2011

Teen on bicycle hit in West Seattle

A 15-year-old male in was struck by a car collided with a truck at Delridge Way SW and SW Cloverdale this morning. From the SPD Blotter: On January 13th, at approximately 7:07 AM, a 15 year old male bicyclist was travelling westbound on SW Cloverdale Street, heading downhill. At the intersection with Delridge Way SW,…
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tagged: Delridge Way SW, spd, SW Cloverdale St, west seattle, wrecks
January 6, 2011

Recent crashes (and other area BikeWise reports)

The following incidents were reported to BikeWise.org. December 21 – Solo crash Ann crashed on MLK near Massachusetts due to a crack in the pavement. Sounds like this has happened before. Anyone else have problems with this crack? Moving downhill at ~20mph on MLK southbound approaching Massachusetts intersection. I shifted left from the bike lane…
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tagged: bikewise, wrecks