Results tagged “collision”

About 1 p.m. this afternoon, a Bronco XLT swerved out of control, clipped a few cars, and collided with Twice Sold Tales, at East Denny Way on Capitol Hill. CHS says the driver got out and headed up Denny on foot towards Broadway. Then at 5:30 p.m., MyBallard reports, a driver of a Bronco also lost control, smashed into a few cars, and ran into the bike shop at 56th Street and 24th Avenue. As we always remind you, two is a trend. If you see a Bronco, run like hell.

KIRO TV has a slideshow of the light rail collision, shot from their copter. The accident happened at MLK and South Dawson, and their photos show the car's occupant being wheeled off in a stretcher. This is why we can't have nice things. The damn thing's not even officially running yet and it's already all scratched up.

Two vehicles, an SUV and a van, collided head-on on the Fremont Bridge this morning, blocking all lanes of traffic. KIRO 7 has their chopper in the air, and reports no word on when the bridge will reopen.

In honor of all the past presidents and our new one, Jay Inslee sent out a flickr set of the Inauguration, including shots of the Funny Hat Caucus. This makes us wish more politicians would wear hats. In honor of odd things happening on holidays, we pass along the sad yet mysterious news that a "man driving a lawn mower has died in a collision on a highway in Granite Falls."

A 39-year-old bicyclist collided with a van this morning on 24th Avenue near 65th, and died at Harborview later. MyBallard has the sad aftermath on the horrific accident, which came during the morning commute and left the cyclist pinned underneath the van. Let's be careful out there, people.

      

Still a little shaken by the charter bus collision yesterday that almost sent one (if not both) buses full of Job Corps kids plummeting 30 feet onto I-5, we walked back down to the scene, East Thomas Street and Melrose, this morning. The buses had been towed away last night. The west end of East Thomas was vigorously sanded to give the trucks traction, and a temporary guardrail installed. Thank god for the days of plentiful rebar.