An 82-year-old male pedestrian was transported to Harborview Medical Center in serious condition Thursday morning after he was struck by a vehicle — driven by a 69-year-old Snohomish man — on Main Street just east of 9th Avenue, Edmonds police said.
The pedestrian was struck at around 9:30 a.m. by a rideshare driver who had just dropped off a fare and was leaving town, Edmonds police spokesperson Cmdr. Josh McClure said. There was no evidence of driver impairment, although the driver offered to provide a voluntary blood sample, McClure added.
The road was expected to be closed for “an extended period of time” while police investigated the crash, with Everett police traffic investigators providing assistance.
So this was a Ride Share Driver from Snohomish who hit the 83 year old while he was walking?
Any update on the pedestrian’s condition?
Ninth is an extremely dangerous road between Main and Walnut. I live up off 10th and hear constance angry horn honking. All of us that live around there have tales of nearly getting run over while walking or road raged at trying to drive back to our houses. Trying to walk along 9th on the sidewalk is scary and crossing the street is terrifying. We need to lower the speed limit there and possibly install speed bumps. Folks drive much faster than the posted 30 mile speed limit. Our speed limit should be 25 miles per hour just like the part of 9th north of Main.
Here in Edmonds we badly need more flashing red lights activated by pedestrians that want to use the cross walks.
I live here in Edmonds and have nearly been hit by a car three times while I was in the middle of a cross walk. I have seen this happen time and time again to other people as well, I live in a condo and my neighbor has had the same experience. She got for herself and bought one for me one of those nylon yellow with reflex vests that fit over our coats. We hope it will help from not being hit by speeding cards going through the stop signs to get to the ferry or elsewhere. A camera at stop signs here in Edmonds at cross walks that photos car license plates with a stiff fine for abuses is very much in order. We already have 2 big red lights accompanying the near by stop sign to little avail for driver abuses to people on crosswalks. It is time for the city to take action!
Ingrid Wolsk
I can speak first hand about the incredible number of cars that DO NOT pay any attention to stop signs. The fountain on Main Street is one if the worst. People driving treat it as a round-about. It is very dangerous. The city needs desperately to install flashing red lights, plus police or cameras to ticket drivers. 5th and Walnut is another intersection that many drivers don’t even slow down at, let alone stop. The disregard for Stop signs is out of control in town. Please address this serious, deadly issue.
I just know that I’ve nearly been hit in a crosswalk several times in both Edmonds and Shoreline. I always wear reflective clothing now. I don’t want to be the one heading to the hospital and I don’t think it is speeding or any real fault on driver’s part. They just don’t see us walkers. We don’t have enough foot traffic here that people expect to see a pedestrian. That is a very busy intersection… Probably too busy for a 4-way stop. Needs an actual light.
Wearing reflective clothing is good, but some drivers still either don’t see us or ignore that we are trying to cross. I was wearing a reflective vest over my jacket while trying to cross 5th Ave S at Dayton during twilight a month ago and was almost run over by someone turning in front of me. If I hadn’t scooted backwards I would have been hit. And I know the driver saw me, as that intersection is well lit and I made eye contact before stepping into the intersection. He just didn’t care.