UPDATE: Two crashes, one involving a Metro bus, one involving a stolen car

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(Reader photo)

1:17 PM: Thanks for the tip and photo of the first of two crashes that police are handling right now, not far apart – the one in the photo is reported to involve a car and bus, with Delridge blocked near Kenyon. Police are also being called to the 2600 block of SW Thistle, near Chief Sealth IHS, where someone driving a gray Kia ~~Soul~~ is reported to have crashed into two parked cars before abandoning the Kia and running away.

(WSB photo)

1:22 PM: Officers at the SW Thistle scene just asked dispatch to check the Kia’s plate; the dispatcher told them the number belonged to a Kia Rio stolen somewhere in Seattle.

(WSB photo)

Meantime, officers at the Delridge/Kenyon scene told us that investigation is being turned over to transit police (who are part of the King County Sheriff’s Office), since it involved a bus.

2:34 PM: Delridge is clear. We don’t have an update on Thistle.

WS Neighbor May 23, 2024 (2:55 pm)

This looks like the same Kia that passed me this morning at 5:30 AM while the passenger shot at my car with a pellet gun. It was on 35th right at Mount St. Vincent. I tried to speed up to get a picture of the license plate but they were driving too fast, they shot at another car then ran the red turning left onto Alaska. I believe the passenger who shot at me was a young white male in a gray hoodie but I am not sure, it all happened really fast. I did not make anyone else in the car.

Tired WS Mom May 23, 2024 (8:25 pm)

A young Hispanic female about 16-18 years old was driving. Two male (also Hispanic) passengers under 18. This morning around 740am they ran a stop sign and almost hit an elderly lady. The chick was laughing about it and appeared to be obnoxiously chewing her gum.