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From West Seattle Blog. A woman was killed shortly before 8 a.m. Monday morning while biking on SW Wildwood Place, an arterial street with a long hill southeast of the Fauntleroy Ferry Terminal, West Seattle Blog reported. Our condolences to her friends and family. The Seattle Police traffic collision investigations team was on site for a couple hours before the street was reopened, and the incident remains under investigation. Early details from SPD based on a witness statement say that the woman was biking eastbound up the hill on Wildwood when she struck an unoccupied parked car before she was struck by a box truck driver who was passing her.

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This morning, during a recovery ride I counted people who were enjoying car-free Lake Washington Blvd this Bicycle Weekend in Seattle: Total: 194 Adult cyclists: 100 Adult pedestrians: 61 Kids: 27 Dogs: 4 Skateboarders: 1 Scooterers: 1 Thank you @mayorofseattle.bsky.social @rvgreenways.bsky.social!

The street has no bike lanes and is noted on the official Seattle bike map as an "un-marked street — no bicycle facility but commonly used." The morning's tragedy was only a handful of blocks from where Steve Hulsman was struck and killed while biking on Marine View Drive SW in December 2023.

A witness told SPD that the woman was biking eastbound (uphill) on Wildwood and collided with a parked car before the passing box truck driver hit her. Details are unclear about what led to the initial collision with the parked car. Traffic Collision Investigators' reports usually take a few weeks.

8:09 AM: We're separating this coverage from the morning traffic updates, as police are reporting this was fatal: A bicycle rider has died in what is reported as a collision with a truck at 47th SW an...