Tag: collisions
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Video: SPD officer hits person biking next to East Precinct wall
A Seattle Police officer driving a police cruiser turned in front of and struck a person biking near the East Precinct Tuesday evening. The 31-year-old man was checked out by Seattle Fire Department medics, but was not transported to the hospital, according to SPD. Hopefully this means his injuries were not serious. The incident was…
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Man struck at 5th and Madison, injuries not life-threatening
A 36-year-old man biking at 5th and Madison was struck by a car around 3 p.m. Though emergency responders found him 25 feet from his bicycle, he is “alert and conscious,” and his injuries are not life-threatening, according to the Fire Department. Details of the incident are not yet clear. A witness said he was…
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Police looking for woman who hit person on bike and fled – UPDATE: Not seriously injured
UPDATE: The Seattle Fire Department says the victim, a man in his 30s, was not seriously injured. No word yet on the search for the suspect. Original story: From SPD: Ofrs investigating hit & run to bicyclist @ Yale Av N and Fairview Av N. Veh desc as a whi. Buick Century, female driver. —…
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Collision at 14th and Cherry sends man on bike to hospital
A collision at 14th and Cherry shortly before 9:30 p.m. Thursday night sent a 35 year-old man to the hospital with a head injury, police say. The details of the collision are not yet clear. Officers on the scene took a report and forwarded it to Traffic Collision Investigators. As is typical in collisions, no…
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Person biking seriously injured in collision with van at Pike and Boren
A man was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries Tuesday morning after colliding with a van at Pike and Boren. According to police, he was riding eastbound westbound on Pike (which is uphill) (UPDATE: Commenter X below said the man was traveling westbound) when he collided with the side of a van traveling south…
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Accidentally saying ‘accident’
For someone who spends this much time and energy thinking and writing about misuse of the term “accident,” how did this happen? In a story about a pedestrian struck by a Volvo on Yesler last week, I referred to the incident as an “accident.” I did not even realize I had done it until I…
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