Man hit, killed while sitting in street; driver arrested

BY KIRO Radio Staff  on August 6, 2012 @ 10:56 am (Updated: 12:01 pm - 8/6/12 )

A man sitting in the middle of a Seattle street was hit and killed by a car early Sunday morning.

Detective Mark Jamieson with the Seattle Police Department says the 32-year-old had his head in his hands as he sat cross-legged in the southbound lane in the 10400 block of 15th Avenue NE.

Police say a witness at the scene saw the man sitting in the road before he was struck.

"As the witness was approaching the victim, in an attempt to remove him from the road, a car struck the man, killing him instantly," Jamieson says.

Jamieson says the driver of the car then drove off without stopping.

When police caught up with that driver about a half-mile away they said it looked like 23-year-old had been drinking.

The driver has been arrested for DUI and investigation of vehicular homicide and hit and run.

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  • Derrol_o wrote...
    Bman
    August 6, 2012 11:52 am
    Doesn't matter if he's a mo ron. If the driver was driving drunk he's automatically liable even if it wasn't his fault. On the other hand, if he hadn't been drinking I'm guessing he probably wouldn't have hit the dude sitting in the street to begin with.
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  • dori monson fan wrote...
    agree with the dui charge
    August 6, 2012 12:04 pm
    but to charge him with vehicular homicide and hit and run is ridiculous. this was, unfortunately, a successful suicide, not a homicide. the driver probably had to decide between swerving off the road, possibly striking an innocent pedestrian on the sidewalk, or hitting a telephone pole and dying himself, or running over what he probably thought was a racoon in the middle of the road. remember a few months back when the lady stopped to herd the baby ducks off the road and caused a wreck? she got a ticket for that. so which is it? run over creatures in the road, or cause mayhem by doing eratic things? rip to the man. this is truly tragic.
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  • Derrol_o wrote...
    dori fan
    August 6, 2012 9:06 pm
    a drunk driver isn't going to process all that information. He most likely didn't even comprehend what he was seeing until he hit the guy. Not saying the law is right or wrong, I'm just saying you're automatically liable with whatever happens when you're behind the wheel driving under the influence, regardless whether it was the driver's fault or not. And even if that wasn't the case, he should get more than just a dui. He fled the scene of a fatal accident and that by itself is felony hit and run. People should think about this incident when deciding to get behind the wheel under the influence. You not only have to worry about your own compromised driving but you're at the mercy of everyone else on the road not to make a mistake otherwise you'll get blamed for it.
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  • kimmiek1204 wrote...
    Sad
    August 6, 2012 4:50 pm
    This is a truly sad story! The man that was killed was a friend of ours, he was troubled and has been having a bad time. Well I don't know if this was intentional on his part it is very sad and there are many people grieving and my heart goes out to his mother. RIP Brad!
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  • HPD 5-0 wrote...
    Uhm...he was sitting in the street.
    August 6, 2012 4:57 pm
    I'd cite him for pedestrian in the roadway.
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