Shortly after midnight, Sunday, Oct. 2, a pedestrian in a motorized wheelchair was crossing the street at the intersection of West Garfield Street and the 1600 block of 15th Avenue West, and was struck by a car, according to a police report.
The vehicle failed to yield the right of way to the victim, and continued northbound from the scene after the collision. A witness followed the suspect and reported to police the suspect?s vehicle description and license plate number. Police officers caught up with the driver around 15th Avenue Northwest and Northwest 59th Street in Ballard. Police placed the suspect under arrest and booked him into the King County Jail for vehicular assault.
The man in the wheelchair was transported to Harborview Medical Center with life-threatening injuries.
by Sara
Hit-and-run suspect nabbed; victim still hospitalized
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The gentleman has passed away. He was a wonderful person and offered so much to this world despite his challenges.
His name: Douglas Lafever
If you would like to know about his life you can reference an 1995 Seattle Times article in which it was reported that he had won a humanitarian award for his work with homeless indivduals and for his mentoring work at high school and university level. (U of W)
Mr. Lefever was a highly educated man originall from Boulder Colorado.
So very many will miss him and many more are robbed of the opportunity to know him.