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From Staff Reporter Sara Jean Green

A 57-year-old woman struck two bicyclists with her car Saturday night, killing one man and injuring a second on northbound Highway 547 in Whatcom County, according to the State Patrol.

After checking on the cyclists, the driver left the scene in her damaged 1994 Ford Escort, but was arrested and booked into the Whatcom County Jail on investigation of hit-and-run, according to the State Patrol. The incident, which occurred a little after 8 p.m., is under investigation and additional charges are possible, according to the State Patrol.

Steven Waterman, 36, of  Maple Falls, died at the scene; his riding companion, 51-year-old Daniel McKay, also of Maple Falls, was taken to St. Joseph Medical Center in Bellingham, according to the State Patrol. Neither man was wearing a helmet.

Seattle police say a hit and run driver struck and injured a bicyclist at 2nd Avenue and James Street just after 2 a.m. this morning.

Police say the bicyclist was riding west on James Street when he was struck by a Toyota. While the Toyota driver didn’t stop, witnesses were able to get a description of the car and a license plate. Officers went to a home in the 2200 block of South Main Street, where they spotted the car and three men getting out of it, said department spokesman Mark Jamieson.

Jamieson said there was damage to the front end of the Toyota and a smashed windshield. Police believe the 27-year-old driver may have been driving drunk when he struck the bicyclist, Jamieson added.

“He knew he hit somebody, but he contended that he had the green light,” Jamieson said.

The driver was booked into the King County Jail. The bicyclist was taken to Harborview Medical Center for a head injury and possibly broken bones.

Marysville Police Department investigate at the scene of the accident Tuesday night. (Photo courtesy of Michael Smith)

A 64-year-old Granite Falls bicyclist died Tuesday night after a pickup truck struck him in Marysville.

Driven by a 25-year-old Marysville man, the pickup hit the man on the bike just after 8 p.m. in the 10900 block of State Avenue, according to Marysville police. Medics tried to save the bicyclist, but he died at the scene of the accident.

The Marysville Police Department said it will be investigating the scene for several hours tonight to find out more about how the accident happened.

UPDATE, 6:45 p.m. | The bicyclist remains in critical condition at Harborview Medical Center, according to hospital spokeswoman Susan Gregg.

EARLIER POST | Seattle police are searching for dump truck that allegedly struck bicyclist and left him in critical condition this morning.

The hit-and-run accident happened around 8:30 a.m. at the Interstate 5 onramp at Yale Avenue and Howell Street. The victim, a 49-year-old man, was taken to Harborview Medical Center, according to police.

The Seattle Fire Department is reporting the bicyclist was not wearing a helmet.

Seattle police say the suspect vehicle was a blue, and silver or gray tandem truck that was last seen heading south on I-5.

Witnesses tell police the dump truck made a right-hand turn onto the southbound I-5 on ramp at Yale and Howell. After the truck and trailer passed and continued onto the freeway the victim was found with his bicycle on top of him.

Anyone with information about the truck or the driver is asked to call 911.

A bicyclist died Wednesday night in Everett after a pickup veered into opposing traffic and hit a power pole, according to the Everett Police Department.

At about 7:15 p.m., the southbound driver crossed a center line and three lanes of traffic on the 10600 block of Evergreen Way before hitting the bicyclist, according to department spokesman Aaron Snell. He said the bicyclist, who officials believe was a 30-year-old Tacoma man, died at the scene.

What prompted the pickup to suddenly careen into opposing traffic is still under investigation, Snell said. The driver was taken with non-life-threatening injuries to Providence Regional Medical Center’s Colby Campus in Everett.

A bicyclist was killed early Saturday morning in Brier, Snohomish County, in a collision with a large pickup.

The cyclist was a 24-year-old Lynnwood-area resident, according to the Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office.  The driver of the truck is a 43-year-old man from the Mountlake Terrace area.

The Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release that deputies were sent to the scene of the collision, at Barker and Atlas roads in unincorporated Snohomish County, at 10:26 a.m. They found the bicyclist dead at the scene.

“It is very early in the investigation but at this time it does not appear that alcohol was a factor in the collision,” the news release stated.

A bicyclist in his mid-30′s was critically injured Thursday night, after being hit by a car in Seattle, according to a fire department spokesman.

The collision occurred at 14th Avenue and East Cherry Street, according to scanner traffic. The man, who was not wearing a helmet, suffered severe head trauma, said Seattle Fire Department spokesman Kyle Moore.  He taken to Harborview Medical Center, Moore said.

 The Seattle Police Department did not release information about the accident.

Bicycle rider Nap Cantwell collided with a van at Pike Street and Boren Avenue on May . He died from his injuries eight days later. Two ghost bikes are displayed in his memory at the intersection where the crash occurred. (Seattle Times photo)

Two “ghost bikes” were hung at the intersection where 18-year-old Nap Cantwell was fatally injured in a bicycle accident in late May.

Cantwell was running late for work May 29, when he took off down Capitol Hill on his dad’s bike.

A bicyclist was hospitalized this morning after colliding with a van in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood.

Seattle police said the male cyclist was riding his 10-speed bicycle west on Pike Street around 6:30 a.m when he apparently ran into the side of a van that was heading south on Boren Avenue.  The cyclist was not wearing a helmet, said police spokesman Mark Jamieson.

According to Seattle Fire Department spokesman Kyle Moore, the 20-year-old bicyclist was taken to Harborview Medical Center drifting in and out of consciousness. Police said the man suffered life-threatening injuries.

Seattle police closed down the intersection after the 6:20 a.m. crash; traffic delays extended into the morning commute.

Walla Walla Union-Bulletin

Walla Walla — A man driving on Middle Waitsburg Road last May who struck and fatally injured a bicyclist from West Seattle has been acquitted of the crime of vehicular homicide.

The eight-woman four-man Superior Court jury reached its unanimous not-guilty verdict late Thursday afternoon in the trial of Melvin J. Bohleen.

He had been accused of driving with disregard for the safety of others when he struck Sally Eustis, 61, on May 21.

The trial began Wednesday.

Eustis was director of sales and marketing for Heartwood, a Seattle-based furniture and millwork-producing company her husband, Howard Eustis, started decades ago.

At the time of her death, she was on a weekend trip to Eastern Washington to celebrate a nephew’s college graduation.