Crash Knocked Out Power to 2500, Life to 4

You couldn't drive Rainier Ave. much of yesterday after a sailor drove his Beamer into a telephone pole Saturday night, killing himself and three fellow Navy men.

The men served on the USS Abraham Lincoln, which is moored in Bremerton for temporary maintenence.

The wreck knocked out power to 2500 homes, and after the police investigation wrapped up, Metro and City Light crews had to repair the damage, so the street was still closed Sunday morning.

A witness talked to the Seattle Times:

Ricardo Ramacho, owner of a nearby pub, heard the thump of the impact, saw the sparks and things flying down the street and said to himself: "Oh, my God, there goes a bad wreck."

Ramacho grabbed a flashlight and tossed a couple of flares onto the street.

He said he saw two bodies on the sidewalk and what appeared to be a third victim in the middle of the street.

"I was really shook up last night," Ramacho said Sunday. He closed the tavern early Saturday and went home. "I was thinking about how these people died, probably for nothing, just driving crazy."

Last week, two teens died in a car that drove into Puget Sound. Please, Seattle, enough with the crazy driving. Let's get back to stutter-starts at four-way stops and signaling for an hour before we merge.