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FRIDAY, September 28, 2012
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Community mourns 12-year-old boy who died in zip-line accident People share their thoughts, memories on Facebook memorial page Andy Nystrom anystrom@redmond-reporter.com
Jackson Roos is described as an “amazing young man, a happy, active, loving boy.” Those words come from the 12-year-old boy’s Facebook
memorial page the day after medics attempted after he accidentally to resuscitate him. hung himself on a zip Detectives don’t line in the family’s back know how he was yard in the 8800 block caught up in the line, of 255th Avenue Northwhich was 20 feet east near Redmond. above the ground and Roos’ mother discovran 100 feet across Jackson Roos ered him at about 2:30 the yard, according to p.m. Wednesday afterSgt. Cindi West, King noon. The Evergreen County Sheriff ’s OfMiddle School student was fice public information officer. pronounced dead at the scene They’re investigating whether
the helmet the boy was wearing was hung up or another line used to sit in while zip lining became entangled. Detectives noted that the zip line appeared to be commercially made and installed; it was removed from the home for the investigation. Kathryn Reith, Lake Washington School District director of communications, was at Evergreen Middle School on
Thursday morning and noted that staff members informed students of Roos’ death when school began and counselors were on hand to speak to kids. “It’s all about the kids. We want to make sure that they feel OK and counselors are there if they need to express what’s on their minds,” Reith said. At lunchtime on Thursday, students wrote messages to [ more roos page 5 ]
Taking it to the streets to enforce crosswalk law Police spent two days citing drivers who didn’t stop long enough to let pedestrians cross the street Samantha Pak spak@redmond-reporter.com
The streets surrounding Redmond Square shopping center are rarely empty. With 30 businesses occupying its five buildings — located in the heart of downtown Redmond between 164th and 166th avenues northeast from Redmond Way to Cleveland Street — it’s not uncommon to see cars and pedestrians sharing the road. But the high volume of traffic also presents a high risk of vehicle-pedestrian collisions. Amanda Spohnholtz knows this from firsthand experience. As an employee at Asante Salon in downtown Redmond, she crosses Cleveland Street on a regular basis. The salon is located at 16528 Cleveland St., Suite D, on the north side of Cleveland Street, but she and other building employees are required to park in the Redmond Square parking lot across the street. Spohnholtz said on more than one occasion, a car has sped around her as she made her way to or from work. As a result of these experiences, she now thinks twice as a driver when she approaches a crosswalk. “You definitely pay attention,” she said about looking for pedestrians.
Redmond traffic lieutenant Doug Kruger enters the crosswalk on Cleveland Street as part of the Redmond Police Department’s pedestrian enforcement on Tuesday morning. On a two-lane road, vehicles are required to remain stopped until the pedestrian has walked from curb to curb. samantha pak, Redmond Reporter Rod Mash, practice manager of Animal Emergency Hospital of Redmond at 16421 Cleveland St., also has stories about vehicles not yielding for him as he made his way across Cleveland Street, including a few times in which he’d almost been hit.
THE LAW
Spohnholtz and Mash are not the only ones who have had close calls, which is why the entire traffic unit of the Redmond Police Department (RPD) spent Sept. 18 and 25 enforcing RCW 46.61.235 at the crosswalk on Cleveland Street between
164th and 166th avenues northeast. The code states a vehicle must “stop and remain stopped to allow a pedestrian or bicycle to cross the roadway within an unmarked or marked crosswalk when the pedestrian or bicycle is upon or within one [ more CROSSWALK page 5 ]
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