UPDATE: 1 taken to hospital after Highland Park motorcycle/car collision

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11:46 AM: A reported motorcycle/car collision at 11th and SW Holden in Highland Park is leading police to detour traffic off Holden. (Westbound traffic is being diverted at 9th, per scanner.) No information yet about injuries or circumstances.

12:07 PM: Police say the motorcycle rider, described only as “male,” was taken to Harborview Medical Center by a Seattle Fire medic unit. Our photo shows the motorcycle, which has already been righted and moved to the roadside. The road likely will be reopened soon, as the victim does not have life-threatening injuries and so the Traffic Collision Investigation Squad will not be called out, we’re told.

Wendell June 9, 2015 (2:22 pm)

Hope the rider will be OK. I travel that road on my motorbike almost every day, it’s a nasty little stretch. Especially awful T-junction at Holden and Highland.

KM June 9, 2015 (2:49 pm)

I agree, Wendell. Limited sight for most vehicles traveling, and I feel the like congestion is getting a bit worse in recent years. Hope for some solid improvements there soon!

cynaur June 9, 2015 (3:03 pm)

I live in the neighborhood and it’s a routine speedway, with numerous accidents per year. The last one I recall was a van full of people a few months back. How many accidents or deaths will it take before speed bumps, speed limit SIGNAGE, or cameras are installed to record speed violators?