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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2015 | Vol. 32, No. 5 | WWW.CENTRALKITSAPREPORTER.COM | 50¢
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Drowsy driving cited as likely cause of fatal crash 18-year-old Klahowya grad dies after being injured BY CHRIS TUCKER CTUCKER@CENTRALKITSAPREPORTER.COM
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BREMERTON — One man was killed in a high-speed, nighttime, five-vehicle crash at the intersection of Kitsap Way and National Avenue Nov. 6. Gian King, 18, a passenger in the car that was struck, passed away Sunday, Nov. 8, at Harborview Medical Center. According to the Bremerton Police Department, a sleepy driver was likely the cause of the crash. According to BPD, the crash began as a white 1990sera Honda Accord occupied by King and two other people was stopped at the light and waiting to turn. The adult female driver of another vehicle, a red Kia sedan, approached from behind, northbound on National, coming down the hill at a high rate of speed. According to the BPD, the woman had likely fallen asleep, causing the vehicle to roll along the sidewalk on the east side of National Avenue. The Kia then slammed into the right rear of the stopped
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Police and firefighters work at the scene of a multiple vehicle crash at the intersection of Kitsap Way and National Avenue around 9:30 p.m. Nov. 6, 2015. Honda, causing extencame to rest on its roof sive damage and pushnext to the Vape on ing it into the roadway the Beach store locaton Kitsap Way. ed north of Kitsap Way. As a result of the The Honda was collision, the Kia and a mangled mess of Honda then struck twisted metal in the three other vehicles. center of the interThe Kia then struck Gian King section. The newer the curb on the north model Kia appeared to side of Kitsap Way and have less damage, with airbags “tripped,” causing it to roll. It deployed. Three other vehicles
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were transported to Harrison Medical Center in Bremerton for non-life-threatening injuries. Speed was clearly a factor in the collision. Bremerton Police and Fire were assisted by the Washington State Patrol and Central Kitsap Fire. The intersection was closed for more SEE CRASH, A9
Silverdale likely to be denser, more pedestrian friendly in future CTUCKER@CENTRALKITSAPREPORTER.COM
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at the intersection appeared to have minimal to moderate damage. The driver of the Kia had an infant in her car at the time of the collision. The infant was in a rear-facing car seat in the back seat and was uninjured. King was airlifted to Harborview Medical Center. Two other people in the Honda, as well as the driver of the Kia,
SILVERDALE — Higher density is likely to be a part of Silverdale’s future as the Central Kitsap area continues to grow. To help prepare for the coming growth, Kitsap County has created a plan for the core area called the Silverdale Regional Center, said Darren Gurnee, associate planner for the county. He spoke to the Central Kitsap Community Council Oct. 21. The basic plan is to create a core that is friendlier to pedestrians and features mixeduse development. By creating the plan, Silverdale has a chance to qualify for infrastructure improvement funding. The idea is to make the core a walkable,
healthy community with major destination points – such as Kitsap Mall, the schools, the planned new library, major retail areas, the hospital and Clear Creek Trail – connected via a tree-lined green corridor network. Sidewalks would have a buffer area that kept them further away from the road. To ensure walkability, the regional center is only about one mile wide. Silverdale, Gurnee said, was ranked by one organization as scoring just 17 out of 100 for “walkability.” Gurnee said that ground-level storefronts needed to have large windows so that pedestrians could see what was around a corner, thus giving them a sense of safety. Gurnee said that a study showed that if the storefronts were opaque, pedestrians tended to avoid walkSEE GROWTH, A9
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A map shows the Silverdale Regional Center boundary, in green.
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