The rider in a car vs. motorcycle crash Monday afternoon Monday at the busy intersection of Broadway and E Olive Way suffered a serious leg injury, according to emergency radio reports.
Seattle Fire and Seattle Police were called to the scene around 3:45 PM to a report of the “severe impact” collision. The rider was reported to have suffered a significant leg injury in the collision. UPDATE: SFD confirms that the 30-year-old male rider suffered a serious leg injury in the collision and was transported to Harborview.
The intersection was closed in all directions during the emergency response and investigation. Metro was being routed through the scene by police.
UPDATE 7:00 PM: It’s been a busy end of Monday for crashes in the area. Seattle Fire was called to a reported rollover crash with injuries at 24th and E Olive St around 6:45 PM. According to radio dispatches, four juveniles from one of the two vehicles involved in the crash were being evaluated at the scene. We’ll update if we hear more. UPDATE 1/16/2018: SFD tells us the four juvenile females were able to get out of the overturned car on their own. One was transported to Harborview in stable condition with injuries that were not life threatenings.
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— Keith Shields (@keith_a_shields) January 16, 2018
This intersection is a death trap. How is it that we are well after the opening of the light rail station and the crosswalks have yet to be re-programmed to be all-way walks?
One of the east bound lanes should also be designated turn only too – probably the left one – as it is now people in the right hand lane, which turns into parking on the other side of the intersection, gun it into the intersection to ‘beat’, rather than yield to (as they should), people going straight in the left lane….
Agreed. At the least they should install a green turn arrow for cars trying to turn onto Broadway.