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Pedestrian injured in collision with car

Posted by Geeky Swedes on August 12th, 2009

A pedestrian was hit by a car at 8th Ave. and 49th St. this afternoon.

Police detained the driver, placing him in handcuffs. A witness at a nearby business say the driver attempted to escape after the collision, but a passerby stopped him by taking his keys away. Another witness says this incident began with an altercation between the driver and the pedestrian.

With the driver detained, the Seattle Animal Shelter arrived to take a dog which was sitting in the car. We’ve contacted SPD for more details on the incident, and we’ll post an update as soon as they provide it.

(First photo from Peter Charbonnier, see more here. Second photo from Rob. Thanks everyone for your tips and photos!)

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  • BTown
    BTW... who ever took the keys... you have BALLS man! right on! you got my back right?
  • BTown
    That's no good. Hitting someone with a car on purpose can be classified as "Assault with a deadly weapon." It can be as bad as if you shot someone. For those that like to speed, you can get the same thing if you get a ticket over 85 MPH.
  • Ballardmom
    Wouldn't you only get "assault with a deadly weapon" charge for speeding over 85mph if you actually hit someone? It seems unlikely that a person would be charged with felony assault for going over 85 mph for a speeding ticket. What about on the state hwy's where the speed limit is 70 mph? I have people pass me (while I'm going 75mph) much much faster on a regular basis - so they are easily going 85mph or more). So all those people could be charged with felony assault?
  • eric
    (eric chuckles as thread dissolves into pit-bull arguement....)
  • Ballardmom
    Well, if it's not bike vs. car it's got to be pitbulls. Or homeless people. Or homeless pitbulls on bicycles. Hmmm ... makes me wish I had a more original cause to devolve all my arguments into. Like hamsters or something.
  • Sballard
    Hahaha... homeless pitbulls on bicycles. That one made me laugh out loud!
  • Underpants_Gnome
    Watch out for people who have hamsters. They are always really cranky because the hamsters keep them up all night running on their wheels.
  • Black_Sheep
    You're just bitter because that means they're awake during prime underpants-stealing time.
  • NoraBell
    Oh, and I only hate blanket statements about pit bulls because it effects what people are thinking when they look for a dog to adopt. There was one recently on the Magnolia blog who was only part pit bull up for adoption and it got a little of that prejudice in the comments.
  • Black_Sheep
    I'm in total agreement with you there. The dogs are not at fault, and it's sad how many are taken away (and for good reason), and will never find homes.
  • NoraBell
    Heh heh. :-)
  • eric
    all i know is i hat epeople who are gluten free. yeah thats right, i said it.
  • Black_Sheep
    Are you trying to start something with me, Eric? LOL

    Funny that I have described my gluten-free friend as "yummy". I guess he only *looks* yummy.
  • Ballardmom
    You know, you don't have to eat gluten free people. People with wheat in them taste better anyway.
  • Sammy1981
    Did a pitbull tell you that?
  • NoraBell
    Hey, I can get into a debate about hamsters! ;-)
  • JK
    Sounds like, from the PI story and the extra photo captions, that the car may have been used as a weapon in a fight, rather than it having been any sort of accident.

    Great.
  • Ballardmom
    I saw the PI article and at first I thought maybe that the fight the article mentioned breaking out was AFTER the pedestrian was hit. But by the looks of the photos that are posted here it doesn't look like he was in good enough shape to try to engage in a fight after getting hit. So, yeah, it does sound like the car was used as a weapon in the fight. That really sucks.
  • realjournalist
    I don't think you have any basis for such speculation. It's not the least bit helpful.
  • Ballardmom
    That would suck. :(
    But I'm not sure if it would suck any worse than someone just randomly driving up on the sidewalk on accident and hitting a pedestrian. All around it's a bad situation. I feel sorry for the dog. Pitbulls are sweet, loyal dogs that are unfortunate to be popular with jerks who shouldn't have any pets.
  • NoraBell
    Yeah, and those thugs are the reason people are afraid to adopt a shelter dog with any pit bull in them. Even if this a-hole doesn't get his dog back this dog is in for a rough time.
  • Black_Sheep
    Agreed. The poor puppy is going to pay dearly for belonging to a thug. Sad.
  • eric
    yes, i hope the injured person is ok...

    i feel bad for the poor dog, actually. he/she didn't do anything wrong now is in "jail"!

    anytime i read these kind of stories, before i even think about who did what and who is at fault, i wonder,"how could anyone leave an injured person in the street - especially after 'YOU' hit them?"

    really sick thing to do, hit-and-run...

    so with that, i would guess the driver isat fault - why else try and escape?

    **how the eff did a witness grab the keys??
  • Ballardmom
    Probably not too hard as I've heard of that happening in a lot of situations. When I was hit by a drunk driver many years ago she tried to run away and some bystanders tackled her and held her down until the police arrived. I think when you see something awful like that happen, adrenaline kicks in and folks can move really fast when motivated.
  • SPG
    I've had to grab keys from a couple drunks while they were in the car. Easier than it sounds actually since in both cases they were too wasted to put up much of a fight.
    One guy hit my car and tried to restart his, but wound up stumbling away from the scene after I took his keys. The other guy stopped on the side of the highway to puke after nearly hitting three cars, I pulled up took his keys and called 911
  • NoraBell
    Wow. Hope the cyclist is okay. Many curses on the driver who tried to hit and run, and many blessings on the witness who stopped him.
    And, yeah, generalizations can be an ugly thing, Sammie. Please don't lower yourself, or this blog.
  • Freddie
    It was a pedestrian, not a cyclist. Not sure who to blame in the CO2 footprint wars.
  • Name
    This is why I no longer come to this blog or read the comments. Internet toilet.
  • SPG
    I never come here either.
  • LYx
    You crack me up. Ya, I don't come here either...
  • SPG
    Nobody comes here now that it's so crowded.
  • NoraBell
    Ba dum bum!
  • chopper_74
    Yet, again, here you are...
  • quizno
    I didn't see anything about a bike. I thought it was a ped?

    that would be great though if we could turn this into another car v. bike thread. missing link anyone?
  • NoraBell
    My bad. Read the story again and it was a pedestrian. I swear I had no such trollish intention. ;-)
  • Black_Sheep
    NoraBell, I received an email from Disqus regarding this thread:

    [myballard] Re: Bicyclist injured in collision with car

    That may be where you got the "cyclist" part!
  • NoraBell
    Yeah, the mind was muddled. Ah, well. It's almost happy hour.
  • Sammy1981
    Ballard is becoming thug central....no doubt the dog was a pit bull.
  • Ballardmom
    That was an ignorant comment. I have a pitbull and I'm about as un-thug as you can be. Lots of people other than thugs own pitbulls.
  • Freddie
    True, but it is also, undeniably, the dog of choice for thugs.
  • NoraBell
    Blame the dog fighting rings for that, not the dog itself.
  • Name
    This is Peter here, with the first picture...yes, the dog was a large pitbull, loose in the front seat.
  • Sammy1981
    I'll start accepting apologies for my 'wild generalizations' about the kinds of trash who need pit bulls and love hit and runs.
  • NoraBell
    My brother doesn't fit your mold. He had a pit bull, got him as a puppy, it died a couple of years ago after a long life as a faithful companion. My brother is a fully employed dedicated husband and father, and anyone who knows him will tell you is a very good man.
    The driver here was an a-hole. The pit bull was a dog.
  • Freddie
    No one said nice people can't own pit bulls, but the simple fact is, a lot of human trash own pit bulls.
  • NoraBell
    Pretty sure Sammy said it.
  • Freddie
    No he didn't. He said the same thing, pit bulls are the dog of choice for human trash.
  • Black_Sheep
    Sorry, NoraBell, I feel you, I really do. But it's kinda true, and that's coming from someone who lived with a sweet, sweet Rott for a while, and couldn't understand why she was so misunderstood.

    But Ballard's favorite gas station shooter has a Rott and a Pit Bull...
  • JK
    Ok, but from all reports at this point, the pitbull may have been the only one who DIDN'T act the ass in this episode.
  • quizno
    "loose in the front seat"

    should the pitbull have been wearing a seatbelt then?
  • Jesse
    no doubt, generalizations are awesome.

    don't insult the pit bulls please.
  • chopper_74
    Good for the witnesses who took action.
    I hope the injuries are minor.
  • James
    Your comments are so perpetually useless. But yet you must weigh in on every post.
  • chopper_74
    M.B.A.A.
    And commenting on perpetually useless comments? Brilliant.
  • Edog
    Good thoughts to the injured!
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