Bicycle officer injured in collision with trolley near Sounders rally at Seattle Center
By Evan Bush, Seattle Times, December 13, 2016
Photo: A trolley hit a Seattle Police bike officer at Queen Anne Avenue and Mercer Street on Tuesday near the Sounders FC march route. (Courtesy Peter Choi)
The officer suffered what police described as a non-life-threatening injury and was taken to Harborview Medical Center.
A Seattle police bicycle officer assigned to Tuesday’s Sounders FC championship parade and march was injured when he was pinned under the tire of a trolley carrying team representatives through Seattle.
The officer and trolley collided at Queen Anne Avenue North and Mercer Street. He was taken to Harborview Medical Center with injuries that were not life-threatening, said Sgt. Sean Whitcomb, a police spokesman.
Peter Choi, a 22-year-old Seattle Pacific University student, was heading to work when he saw the parade and began filming with a cellphone. Choi happened to capture the officer being pinned on video.
The video shows the officer’s lower body caught beneath a tire and in the wheel well of the bus.
“He literally got stuck under the bus, and he couldn’t move,” Choi said. “He was breathing. He was talking. Everything like that.”
Choi said police swarmed the officer and pushed parade-goers away as they cleared the area. Sounders FC Academy players were seen walking away from the bus after the incident.
At the rally, Mayor Ed Murray acknowledged the officer’s injury.
“Let’s give a big cheer for what the Seattle Police Department does for the people and city of Seattle,” he said.
The Sounders were celebrating their MLS Cup victory Tuesday in Seattle. The march began about 11 a.m. at Westlake Park and continued to Memorial Stadium. Fans followed trolleys packed with team members, Sounders FC employees and local officials.
Seattle police also said they arrested two people who tried to board the Sounders’ trolleys.
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Seattle cop injured during Sounders celebration remains at Harborview
By Jessica Lee, Seattle Times, December 14, 2016
The Seattle police bicycle officer injured Tuesday during the Sounders FC championship march and parade remains at Harborview Medical Center, a hospital spokeswoman said Wednesday.
Medics took the officer to the hospital with what police spokesmen described as nonlife-threatening injuries after he collided with a trolley at Queen Anne Avenue North and Mercer Street. The trolley was carrying Sounders representatives. A tire pinned the officer.
Harborview spokeswoman Susan Gregg said shortly before 5:10 p.m. Wednesday the officer remained at the hospital in satisfactory care. No further details on his injuries were available.
A witness to the incident, Peter Choi, said Tuesday the officer couldn’t move while he was pinned. “He was breathing. He was talking. Everything like that,”
The Sounders were celebrating their MLS Cup victory with a march that began at Westlake Park and continued to Memorial Stadium. Fans followed trolleys packed with team members, Sounders FC employees and local officials.