Comments on: Car goes sideways east of High Point, no injuries

By: Bradley

Bradley — Sun, 08 Jun 2014 05:55:00 +0000

“Faint smell of alcohol” pretty much says it right there. “Friends don’t let friends drive YOUR car drunk”.

By: No. No. No.

No. No. No. — Sun, 08 Jun 2014 03:49:34 +0000

That stretch of road has a very narrow shoulder that drops right into a deep, natural gulley (dirt and gravel–seriously eroded). Just spit-balling here, but if our (perhaps) intoxicated driver let his wheels dip into that ditch and over-corrected…

Glad he’s okay.

By: Vanessa

Vanessa — Sat, 07 Jun 2014 21:37:58 +0000

35? Things that make you go, Hmmmmmm.

By: Lee T

Lee T — Sat, 07 Jun 2014 21:05:52 +0000

I’m one of the residents in Sylvan Ridge and was the first one to get to the driver after he crawled out of his sunroof. He was okay, aside from being shaken and scraped up on his arms, hands and legs. There was definitely a faint smell of alcohol on him. He explained the he was doing 35 going around the turn (right before Home Depot if you’re going downhill) and his car “over steered” and he lost control. Sadly, he wasn’t the owner of the car. His friend and owner of the car, showed up a few minutes later, after the driver received his phone out of the car. It was kind of a terrifying sight to see, but I’m glad the driver is alive.

By: WSB

WSB — Sat, 07 Jun 2014 19:43:51 +0000

In reply to WSince86.

Here’s how to do that: http://www.seattle.gov/light/streetlight/
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This was east of the April flipped-car crash:
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https://westseattleblog.com/2014/04/heavy-rescue-response-for-rollover-in-high-point/
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And there was this one in 2011
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https://westseattleblog.com/2011/10/traffic-alert-crash-closes-eastbound-sylvan-way/
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and another in 2010. (Also in 2011, car vs pole: https://westseattleblog.com/2011/07/west-seattle-traffic-alert-crash-blocks-delridgesylvan/ )
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I should also note two things: While the 911 callout was for Sylvan Heights Drive, this did NOT happen on that street – it happened on Sylvan Way itself, the main route between Delridge and 35th (which becomes Morgan further to the west). Also, we have no official word on its cause (and probably never will, since no major injuries resulted). That stretch has other challenges, could even have been swerving to avoid wildlife.

By: WSince86

WSince86 — Sat, 07 Jun 2014 19:34:22 +0000

Contact City Light regarding street lights that are out.

By: drahcir61

drahcir61 — Sat, 07 Jun 2014 18:24:27 +0000

You speed, you rollover, you bump your head, you forget your name & where you live, you become homeless & hop trains to Mississippi where you die from eating raw crawfish.
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Don’t speed.

By: C

Sat, 07 Jun 2014 18:07:20 +0000

No they have not because a stretch of them never came back on after a roll over took out a light pole. Who do we contact to get that fixed ?

By: Trickycoolj

Trickycoolj — Sat, 07 Jun 2014 12:56:16 +0000

Been out of town for two weeks, but have they fixed all the light poles that have been burned out since the last one? It was so dark by the cemetery you almost had to use high beams when I left just before Memorial Day weekend.