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12:37 AM: For the second time in a little more than half an hour, West Seattle police and fire crews are on their way to a reported flipped-car crash. This time at Delridge/Edmunds [vicinity map].
12:41 AM: This crash is reported to be blocking southbound Delridge. The initial 911 call was reported to have come from a passenger in the car who said the driver had fled.
1:16 AM: This one too may be resolved; we’ll have to try for an update from police later this morning.
I am in awe. How many flipped / overturned vehicles does this make so far this year, in West Seattle alone? Does this happen with such frequency everywhere, or are we the Idiot-Upside-Down capital of the U.S.?
Its related to current car design. Tires (kinda sticky) are just outside the bodywork enough that they can grab onto the car getting hit and climb up it. Climb up enough and you’re dumped on your side. Do it with enough speed and you’re upside down.
Why are there so many flipped cars? Most of the answer is right there: the driver of the car fled. My bet is the driver wasn’t used to driving this car because a) it wasn’t his to drive b) he didn’t respect this vehicle that someone loaned to him or c), he doesn’t value this vehicle – its been stolen from someone else. Yep – i bet this is another flipped-car story cuz this is a stolen-Vehicle story. I’ll be looking for a WSB update from the SPD Incident Report about the driver and about the passenger. (I’m so very sick of this.)
hello, my car actually got involved/damaged with the incident. Talked to some of my neighbors to see if they have any cameras but no luck. The weird thing is the officer that I talked to (phone call) said he couldn’t find anything reported in their system. But in your picture and as my neighbors have told me police was involved. Now I’m just waiting for an officer to get here to get the incident report started from my end
Make the streets skinnier and the cars will slow down, seems to be working?
The problem is they leave bike and bus lanes as free for alls for people to speed past those of us following the rules of the road. From coming down Genesee to Delridge and all the way to white center, people want to go 45-50 in 20 or 25 zones. They don’t stop for pedestrians or bikes. The city wonders why cars get flipped like this and also wonder why pedestrian deaths are up and it’s because drivers are made to believe they’re invincible here; no accountability for breaking laws and inconsistent monitoring by the “police.” Narrow roads work if they are designed correctly, Delridge is NOT one of those that was designed right. Should have protected bike bus lanes blocked off to any other vehicles with barriers to reduce the ability to speed.
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