Two nights, two car vs. bike incidents along Pike. A rider sustained serious injuries when the biker was struck by a rental car at the intersection of Pike and Broadway around 1:15 AM Saturday morning.
Police and three medic crews arrived at the scene, shutting down the busy intersection and drawing a big crowd, according to police radio. The rider was transported to Harborview with serious injuries after about 20 minutes and the intersection was re-opened. The driver was not screened for drugs or alcohol at the scene.
On Thursday night, a car is reported to have barreled through a group of bikers filling the street during a Christmas carol ride.
We do not have information yet on the bicyclist in Saturday morning’s incident or specific information on injuries.
Blustery, windy weather overnight was present on Capitol Hill and the rest of the region leaving thousands without power. No widespread outages were reported on Capitol Hill.
I saw the cyclist get struck at 1:15, and was one of many who stayed with him until the paramedics arrived. He wasn’t in good shape at all. I would REALLY like to know his status, and whether or not he survived.
If he was seriously injured, they would have had the intersection shut down for A LOT longer than that.
“If he was seriously injured, they would have had the intersection shut down for A LOT longer than that. “
My wife was helping. He wasn’t concious, didn’t respond to stimuli, and had labored breathing. He WAS seriously injured – the paramedics just got him away asap.
A bike doesn’t leave a lot of debris to clean up, and the car that hit him simply had a few dents.
I was there too. He flipped in the air several times and hit the ground hard. At least one of his legs was broken. He was totally, completely unconscious for many, many minutes. The entire time actually. Dead eyed. And his breathing was scary. Not a good sign. I also would like to know if he is alive. It kind of looked like he might not make it.
The biker involved in the Saturday morning accident was still in ICU at Harborview as of around noon today but is expected to fully recover and be transferred to a standard recovery room at Harborview tomorrow (Sunday). He is a host at a very popular Broadway restaurant and was on his way home from work when the accident happened.
He is also a GREAT GUY!
Just another reminder that you just can’t be tooooo careful on the roads no matter if you drive, bike, or walk.
I am *so* relieved to hear that he made it. I help his hand and talked to him until the EMTs arrived. He was completely unresponsive, eyes open but unblinking. He was breathing but not normally. I thought that he might have sustained a high C-level injury.
The people who immediately started to redirect traffic away until the police arrived were so great.
Thank you for sharing this information. I would like to echo you in saying, “Let’s have a lot of care and caution out there.” We’ll be keeping this guy in our thoughts.
I have firsthand knowledge that the brain can withstand incredible amounts of trauma with far less residual damage than you’d expect. I’m glad to hear that he’ll experience a full recovery, and I’m also happy there were so many helpful people in the area. DJ Alan, please let him know a lot of people are thinking of him. It will probably be a long recovery, but it could have been so much worse.
i need anybody who saw what happened to contact my e-mail immediately. you can reply to michael.e.duggan@gmail.com…
I just need to be better able to figure out what happened.
Please reply with what you saw as well as any CONTACT INFO you feel comfortable sending.
-Mike
I like your FB profile photo mike. Very eclectic.
We were with Kathryn and saw the accident as it happened. He looked in very dire condition and we feared the worst for him.
I cannot put into words how happy we are to read that he will recover. He had stayed in our thoughts since that night. It is the best news we could hope for to hear that he will be ok.
We were visiting Seattle on holiday and I am so happy to see that the strong sense of community and willingness of people to help others is not only alive in Seattle, but is so very capable of helping others in a time of need.
Sorry to hear bike riders lose to car. My observations are that bike riders want the best of both worlds and not follow traffic rules.
I observe mostly bikes riding up next to me while driving in a car at a red light, then changing to the crosswalk, riding the bike at this point they are now pedestrians and need to walk the bike. Then cut back on the sidewalk riding, again not walking the bike as pedestrians.
Since the new bike lanes have not been $ free to create, these offenders need to be ticketed for abuses as the cars are when not obeying the rules.
Wow. Seriously? You’re seriously going to take this opportunity to talk smack about cyclists?
You know what I notice, as a pedestrian, all the time? Cars not stopping at stop signs, cars not stopping for crosswalks, cars taking illegal turns or, better yet, taking a legal turn but assuming that the fact that they’re taking a turn means they get to ignore the crosswalk. I also notice cars habitually forcing their way out of parking garages, while crossing sidewalks, and TOTALLY ignoring unmarked corner-to-corner crosswalks. Changing lanes without signaling, turning without signaling, the list goes on and on.
The average driver breaks at least as many traffic laws as the average cyclist, and they don’t even have the excuse that cyclists have — cyclists don’t want to stop because they don’t like having to go the effort of getting back up to cruising speed. All a driver has to do is flick a signal switch or put their foot down on the brake or accelerator, and most of the time they can’t even be bothered to do that. And also unlike cyclists, when a driver blows through a crosswalk, the only people they’re like to hurt are pedestrians. They themselves have nothing at stake, which makes their disregard for the law even more appalling.
Every time something like this comes up on line, drivers pile on to talk about something they see cyclists do that annoys them — not walking their bikes through crosswalks or not stopping for a light. The implication is always that a cyclist “had it coming”. And maybe some cyclists do have it coming, to the extent that they take risks and they know they might get hurt. But the idea that cyclists are somehow more morally culpable for traffic violations than drivers, or that they commit more of them, is just laughable.
I am an investigator working on behalf of Michael Duggan who was injured in the bike/acr accident on 12/18/10 on Broadway at Pike. I would appreciate speaking to you about your observations and impressions of the accident.
I can be reached at 206/660-4635 or via my email. Counsel for Mr. Duggan is Strittmatter Kessler (Seattle and Hoquiam).
I look forward to hearing from you and hope you will call or email.
I am an investigator working on behalf of Michael Duggan who was injured in the bike/car accident on 12/18/10 on Broadway at Pike. I would appreciate speaking to you about your observations and impressions of the accident.
I can be reached at 206/660-4635 or via my email. Counsel for Mr. Duggan is Strittmatter Kessler (Seattle and Hoquiam).
I look forward to hearing from you and hope you will call or email.
I am an investigator working on behalf of Michael Duggan who was injured in the bike/acr accident on 12/18/10 on Broadway at Pike. I would appreciate speaking to you about your observations and impressions of the accident.
I can be reached at 206/660-4635 or via my email. Counsel for Mr. Duggan is Strittmatter Kessler (Seattle and Hoquiam).
I look forward to hearing from you and hope you will call or email.