Tag: spd
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What can we learn from this scary close call video?
OK, Seattle, we need to talk about this close call video going around. David Seater, who is the Chair of Seattle’s volunteer Pedestrian Advisory Board, was biking uphill on Pine Street on Capitol Hill earlier this week when someone driving a pickup chose to lay on the horn and make a purposeful, extremely close pass.…
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Terrible person shoots Ballard safe streets advocate with pellet gun
Some terrible person shot Haley Keller with a pellet gun Monday night while she and her husband Dave were biking home from watching the sunset at Golden Gardens. Keller, a Connect Ballard advocate, Board Member of Cascade Bicycle Club and Washington Bikes, and co-founder of Pedder Brewing, said the pellet hit her in the thigh,…
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SPD detective does an AMA about bike theft and other property crime
Scotty Bach, a detective with the Seattle Police Department’s Major Crimes Taskforce, answered questions about property crime (including bike theft) on Reddit yesterday. Det. Bach’s answers shed some light on the department’s work and offer some advice for people trying to protect themselves against theft or give themselves the best chance of recovering a stolen…
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Man killed and woman seriously injured in shared-bike collision with bus
A man and woman sharing a bike collided with a Sound Transit bus at 5th and Main at 10:40 p.m. Saturday night. The woman was seriously injured, but conscious at the scene. The man died. Our condolences to his friends and family. KIRO TV reports that the man was 41 and the woman is 37.…
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Person biking critically injured in collision at 65th and Ravenna Blvd- UPDATED
A 48-year-old man biking in Ravenna was critically injured in a collision with someone driving a King County Metro VanPool vehicle this morning on NE 65th Street near Ravenna Boulevard. Though few details have been released, Seattle Police say the person biking and a person driving the van collided shortly before 7 a.m. KIRO TV…
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SPD: How an officer recovered a stolen mountain bike in Cal Anderson
Seattle Police Officer Drew Fowler was on bike patrol in Cal Anderson Park Saturday when he spotted a high-end mountain bike in the hands of a suspected thief. Officer Fowler stopped the man and asked if he could have a look at the bike’s serial number. The man let him, according to Seattle Police, and…
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