1 taken to hospital after Myers Way crash

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For those wondering about the big emergency response early this morning on Myers Way: A 60-year-old man was injured and had to be extricated from his RV after a van hit it. The call around 6:20 am on the east side of the 9700 block of Myers Way, across from Camp Second Chance, first came in as an “explosion” – but that turned out to be the sound of the impact. The damaged RV was still there when we went by later in the morning – as was an SPD parking-enforcement officer. SFD tells us the victim was taken to a hospital by private ambulance. The van driver was apparently unhurt (we haven’t yet clarified their status otherwise).

GFWS March 19, 2024 (1:23 pm)

This is very sad, it’s probably the last thing a 60 year old man living in an RV needs. I sincerely hope he’s able to find housing once he’s healed.

Kt March 19, 2024 (2:01 pm)

Man, imagine being in such dire straits you have to live in an old RV on the side of a busy road and then someone crashes into you and you wind up in the hospital. So sad.

Dog Whisperer March 19, 2024 (5:14 pm)

It shouldn’t have been parked there. It and any other vehicles parked on the shoulder are in jeopardy of being struck. No traffic engineer ever designed that space for such a risk.

Scarlett March 19, 2024 (5:39 pm)

This is your country, the shining city on the hill. To add insult to the injury, the measures to address a pandemic only grotesquely widened the wealth gap between the asset class and the non-asset class and exacerbated the suffering of the poor. Ever wonder where the homeless went to get warm, and dry out in a safe environment when all the public libraries were locked down? I do.

Josh March 19, 2024 (9:11 pm)

3 out of 4 comments that are very thoughtful and sympathetic? There is hope for the soul of the West Seattle Blog commentariat after all. In a world with talk of trillionaires coming soon there is no good reason why people live like this. We are capable of solving complex problems. Homelessness is solvable. More so than landing robots and humans on non earth surfaces, let’s solve this.

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