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14-year-old hit, killed by Seattle Monorail while spray-painting graffiti
KIRO 7 (Seattle) ^ | 07/31/2023 | KIRO 7 News Staff

Posted on 07/31/2023 2:58:07 PM PDT by DFG

A 14-year-old male who was spray-painting a building was hit and killed by the Seattle Center Monorail Sunday night.

Seattle Police said it happened shortly before 9 p.m. near Fifth Avenue and Denny Way. The man had climbed onto the roof of a building.

Surveillance video reviewed by the Seattle Police Department shows the man was spray-painting graffiti on a building next to the tracks before he was hit.

We believe this is the first time anyone has been hit and killed by the train, although there have been at least a few other high-profile incidents involving the Monorail in the past.

The Monorail opened on Mar. 24, 1962, and the only death we could find was when a maintenance worker was killed while making repairs in the 1970s.

In 1971, 27 people were hurt after the train slammed into a steel girder. More recently in 2004, a train caught fire after an electrical wire in the motor reportedly shorted.

(Excerpt) Read more at kiro7.com ...


TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: graffiti; monorail; seattle; teen; washington; youth
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1 posted on 07/31/2023 2:58:07 PM PDT by DFG
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ANd this year’s darwin award goes to...


2 posted on 07/31/2023 2:59:57 PM PDT by jimjohn (We're at war, people. Start acting like it.)
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To: DFG

Not sure what to think. Was this kid just you basic punk who was bound to have some kind of bad ending or was he failed by his parents and others?


3 posted on 07/31/2023 3:00:18 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Two Words: BANANA REPUBLIC!)
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To: DFG

Plot twist: He was high on the paint fumes.


4 posted on 07/31/2023 3:00:42 PM PDT by fwdude
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To: DFG

Too bad.
So sad.


5 posted on 07/31/2023 3:00:44 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam
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6 posted on 07/31/2023 3:00:46 PM PDT by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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To: DFG

Ooops


7 posted on 07/31/2023 3:01:14 PM PDT by webheart
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To: DFG

Good!
Death to Taggers!


8 posted on 07/31/2023 3:01:25 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: DFG

It’s easier to hose down the train than to clean the graffiti from a wall.


9 posted on 07/31/2023 3:01:26 PM PDT by ConservativeInPA (The Delay Trump’s trial, delay. Elect Trump President. Trump pardons himself. )
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To: DFG

....while attempting to paint a Michelangelo, he himself became a Picaso.


10 posted on 07/31/2023 3:05:19 PM PDT by patriot torch
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11 posted on 07/31/2023 3:05:31 PM PDT by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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To: ConservativeInPA

He got tagged while tagging.

I imagine there may have a lengthy debris field too.


12 posted on 07/31/2023 3:06:27 PM PDT by bleach (If I agreed with you, we would both be wrong.)
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13 posted on 07/31/2023 3:06:33 PM PDT by dsrtsage ( Complexity is just simple lacking imagination)
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To: DFG

Did I read that right? Since when is a 14 y-old called a “ man”?


14 posted on 07/31/2023 3:07:12 PM PDT by EnquiringMind
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15 posted on 07/31/2023 3:07:24 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: DFG

Stupid people die in stupid ways.


16 posted on 07/31/2023 3:08:34 PM PDT by Dave911
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To: Dave911

“Dumb Ways To Die”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJNR2EpS0jw


17 posted on 07/31/2023 3:09:18 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: DFG
Tragic for the kid, family, friends.

That said, . . .


18 posted on 07/31/2023 3:10:00 PM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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“...the man was spray-painting graffiti...”

A 14 year old kid is NOT a man yet, you idiots!!!!


19 posted on 07/31/2023 3:10:21 PM PDT by JBW1949 (I'm really PC.....Patriotically Correct)
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Problem solved, bill the family for cleanup of graffiti and his body.


20 posted on 07/31/2023 3:10:35 PM PDT by Reno89519 (DeSantis 2024. Successful Governor, Honorable Veteran, Respectful, Respected.)
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