[nagdu] Police: Driver attacks man after nearly hitting him and service dog

[David Andrews]

This almost happened to me back in the 80's.  I was walking by a gas 
station, which was on a corner, with my cane.  A pickup truck cut 
through the gas station to avoid the light at the corner, missing me 
by inches literally.  Out of anger  I swung my cane and hit the back 
of the pickup.  The guy got out and came over and literally had his 
arm and fist back, ready to punch me.  I said to him -- still to my 
disbelief,  what a brave man you are,first you almost run me down, 
and now you are going to beat me up.  He swore, got in his truck and 
much to my relief, drove off.

Dave

At 09:14 AM 12/30/2013, you wrote:
>Hi list,
>Wow, this story is just incredibly shocking!
>Yes, at times, if a car cuts me off or almost hits me (when I know 
>it was safe for me to cross) I've been tempted to whack the car with 
>my cane, or to throw a bag of dog poop at the car (evil grin). I've 
>never done it, but I've found it very tempting in this area since I 
>have a traffic check just about every day. I couldn't imagine if the 
>driver got out of their vehicle and started to beat me up! Talk 
>about road rage, how horrific!
>I hope that the victim and the dog are able to recover from this.
>Deanna and Pascal
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Darla Rogers
>Sent: Saturday, December 28, 2013 9:19 PM
>To: 'NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users'
>Subject: Re: [nagdu] Police: Driver attacks man after nearly hitting 
>him and service dog
>
>This kind of thing has to stop; maybe the guy should not have 
>slapped the car, but I'm sure he isn't the only one who has done it 
>before--I know I have--hoping to bring awareness to drivers, but in 
>today's world, it might be more possible the disabled person, with 
>his or her dog, would be attacked.
>         Shame on the police department; it shouldn't be that darn 
> difficult to find out the car's owner and access several databases 
> to find out where this person is, and he should pay any medical 
> costs and be charged with assault or whatever Washington's law ibis.
>Darla
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Ginger Kutsch
>Sent: Saturday, December 28, 2013 3:10 PM
>To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
>Subject: [nagdu] Police: Driver attacks man after nearly hitting him 
>and service dog
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>Police: Driver attacks man after nearly hitting him and service dog
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>By Michael Harthorne   Published: Dec 27, 2013 at 11:10 AM PST
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>http://www.komonews.com/news/crime/Police-Driver-attacks-man-after-nearly-hi
>tting-him-and-service-dog-237540321.html
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>SEATTLE -- A driver viciously attacked a pedestrian after nearly 
>hitting the man and his service dog as they crossed the street last 
>Sunday in Magnolia, according to the Seattle Police Department.
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>According to the police report for the incident, the victim was 
>crossing with the signal at the intersection of 20th Avenue West and 
>West Dravus Street shortly after 5:30 p.m. when a driver made a left 
>turn without yielding.
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>Witnesses later told officers the driver showed a complete disregard 
>for the safety of the pedestrian, missing him and his dog by inches.
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>As the driver went by, the victim yelled and slapped the door of the 
>car, according to the report. The driver stopped, got out of his car 
>and confronted the victim.
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>According to the report, the victim and driver got into a verbal 
>argument before the driver punched the victim several times, knocked 
>him to the ground and slammed his head into the pavement.
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>A number of people stopped to help the victim, and the driver got 
>back into his car and left.
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>Witnesses gave the car's license-plate number to police, but 
>officers were unable to find it in the area. The car is registered 
>to an address in University Place, but last year it was broken into 
>only a block from where Sunday's incident occurred.
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>The victim suffered a large cut to the back of his head and a 
>possible concussion. He was taken to the hospital for treatment.