Man hit by bus walks to Starbucks, tries to order coffee

BY KIRO Radio Staff  on January 8, 2013 @ 10:24 am (Updated: 1:39 pm - 1/8/13 )

The Seattle Fire Department says a man who was hit by a bus downtown got up and walked a block to a Starbucks, even though he was bleeding from the head.

"About 10:20 this morning we got a call from the Starbucks at 4th and Pine. There was an individual inside the Starbucks that was bleeding profusely and was attempting to make kind of incoherent coffee orders," says Kyle Moore with the Seattle Fire Department.

Moore says the well-dressed 32-year-old man apparently wasn't making a lot of sense when firefighters arrived.

"He had suffered what apparently was a concussion which would lead to him not making a lot of sense," says Moore.

The man was taken to Harborview Medical Center with serious injuries.

A police drug recognition officer determined the bus driver showed signs of being under the influence of drugs or alcohol, so he was arrested. The driver gave a blood sample and was released, pending test results.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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  • hpygolkyone wrote...
    What Kind Of Black Magic Is This?...........
    January 8, 2013 9:54 am
    Where people are more concerned about their overpriced coffee, than life itself?!?
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  • hpygolkyone wrote...
    Attention Knuckleheads.......
    January 8, 2013 9:56 am
    Before you get your panties all in a bunch about my insensitivity........I just had my homemade coffee (full pot price: $.50) and I have FULL snark on for a story like this!
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  • shark75 wrote...
    As much as I can't stand Howie Schultz and his obnoxious activism
    January 8, 2013 10:15 am
    I might have to buy some Starbucks stock after reading this. Extremely troubling and impressive at the same time...
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  • Citizen of Krazy Town wrote...
    Injured people in shock do weird things
    January 8, 2013 10:34 am
    This is a disingenuous article that takes advantage of an accident victim and should be deleted.
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  • BocaBob1 wrote...
    I guess
    January 8, 2013 10:46 am
    Srarbucks is safe when the zombies take over.
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  • Newton wrote...
    Starbucks Zombie Style.
    January 8, 2013 1:17 pm
    I know how important that first coffee is for the zombies. A bus can not stop a zombie from doing what it wants to do. Starbucks Coffee AAARRRRRRRRRRR!.
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  • Skykomish2 wrote...
    Must have been brain injured
    January 8, 2013 3:09 pm
    to go for Starbucks over-roasted and overpriced coffee. If you want to pay that much for coffee, at least get good coffee. But Starbucks has brainwashed the public into thinking that the burned flavor is what they want. Great marketing! It even brought in an injured person....
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  • gh1022 wrote...
    Starbuck's coffee
    January 8, 2013 8:20 pm
    They could eliminate that bitter burned taste if they would just pass it through the horse one more time.
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  • Ron_Spins wrote...
    AWL Havea
    January 9, 2013 2:52 am
    Double Venti non fat extra fat organic bus windshield chochlatte frappachino jaywalk extra hawt wit whipped cream upside down onda sidewalk wit cimmanon on the top
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