UPDATE: Motorcycle rider injured near Morgan Junction

(Added: WSB photo)

3:41 PM: A motorcycle rider is reported to be hurt in an incident at Fauntleroy and Raymond [map]. We don’t know anything about the circumstances yet but are on our way to check.

3:50 PM: Our crew just arrived. Traffic is getting through. SFD has left; a private ambulance is on scene.

3:59 PM: We talked with police at the scene (on the south/westbound side). They don’t believe there was a collision – the rider apparently was trying to get around a driver who had edged into the intersection, and took a fall. AMR is taking him to the hospital to be checked out.

Alki resident April 12, 2018 (4:13 pm)

What did the bike look like please?

WSB April 12, 2018 (4:17 pm)

Red. Patrick said it also had “paper” license plates, as if it had been purchased (or transferred) recently.
- Alki resident April 12, 2018 (4:25 pm)
  
  Relief…thank you
- Swede. April 12, 2018 (4:37 pm)
  
  New bike then. Don’t get paper ‘plates’ when buying used since plates already are issued.

West Seattle Steve April 12, 2018 (6:29 pm)

First 6 months with a new bike, the most dangerous time.

OP April 12, 2018 (10:21 pm)

Whether you’re going east or west on Raymond or turning onto Fauntleroy from Raymond, blind spots abound; it’s just plain hard to see traffic coming in either direction. I know. I was t-boned and my car totaled in December ’16 because someone was easing out of Raymond then gunned it without seeing me and—wham! No less than 100 ft. from my house. I rarely use that intersection now.

Better Traffic, Better Streets, No Papa John's April 13, 2018 (11:10 am)

That corridor north of Morgan Junction to the Fairmount School area has been haunted by delivery drivers barreling out of Papa John’s for as long as I’ve lived here. With it gone, I’m sure it’s somewhat better.

Anyone care to comment on the number of motorcycle accidents recently? Careless riders, careless drivers?

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