Man hit by drunk driver refused to get off road
Aug 23, 2012, 1:03 PM | Updated: 2:37 pm
Police in Renton say a man who refused to get out of the street after being warned by officers was hit by a drunk driver.
It happened just before 9:00 p.m. in front of a gas station in the 1100 block of SW Grady Way on Wednesday evening.
Police say the man appeared to be under the influence of something and was banging on the windows of the gas station prior to their arrival. Witnesses told police he was dancing in front of the store while holding a bowl of noodles.
When police arrived, the man walked into the middle of the road and refused to move.
“The officer directed traffic around him as much as possible, flagged the cars with a flashlight, that sort of thing,” said Terri Vickers, a spokesperson for the Renton Police Department. “But there was a Honda CR-V that didn’t look like it was going to stop and the officer hopped out of the way and the suspect was still in the middle of the street.”
Vickers said while the officer was able to dive out of the way, the man was hit. He was taken to Harborview Medical Center where he is recovering from non-life threatening injuries.
The driver of the vehicle that struck him, a woman, was later arrested for DUI. She could face charges of vehicular assault.
Police say the man will not face charges.
