Two men jogging on Bainbridge Island hit by car in Father’s Day crash

Two men were seriously injured after they were struck by a car while jogging along Finch Road just after 9:30 a.m. Sunday.

Both men were airlifted to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle for treatment.

Details on the collision were initially sparse.

It appeared that a driver in a four-door Honda was heading north when the vehicle struck the pair of joggers, just south of NE Carmella Lane and the intersection of Finch and Sportsman Club roads.

A woman who witnessed the aftermath of the Father’s Day crash said she had seen the two joggers on Finch Road while she was heading north to drop off someone at church. On her trip back home, she came upon the collision just after it happened.

One jogger was lying in the middle of the road, and the other man was in the field next to Finch Road, she said.

The crash prompted a massive emergency response.

Multiple units from off-island were called in, and just after the collision, seven units were on scene, including four from the Bainbridge Island Fire Department and two from the Bainbridge Island Police Department.

A unit from the Kitsap County Sheriff’s Office was also seen heading south on Highway 305 toward the scene, and additional units continued to arrive shortly before 10:30 a.m.

Two men, one who told police he was the father of one of the victims, arrived at the scene just before 10 a.m. and was taken to one of the aid units by emergency personnel.

Both of the joggers were loaded into aid units and reportedly taken to the field at Bainbridge High School for an airlift to Seattle.

Finch Road was closed to traffic after the incident.