Bainbridge blotter | Electrifying dump truck driver

Published 11:30 am Friday, February 12, 2016

Selected reports from the Bainbridge Island Police Department blotter.

MONDAY, JAN. 25

10:04 a.m. A woman was walking along NE Spargur Loop Road near Phelps Road NE discovered a neatly stacked pile of mail that was partially torn up. She collected the mail and went home and called 911.

Police determined the mail belonged to a 44-year-old woman in the 13200 block of Millstone Place NE.

Approximately 20 pieces of mail were stolen, and the mail included cards from family members, credit card offers and tax documents. From what she could tell, the contents of all the mail was still present although the envelopes had been opened.

THURSDAY, JAN. 21

2:30 p.m. A 24-year-old Seattle man in a 2007 Toyota Scion was heading west on Winslow Way from Ericksen Avenue when he rear-ended a 2013 Subaru Outback driven by a 59-year-old Bainbridge woman that was also going west on Winslow Way.

The collision pushed the Subaru into a crosswalk pole and fence.

Witnesses said the man appeared to be speeding at the time of the crash; the man told police he saw the other vehicle but could not stop in time.

The woman, who complained of neck and back injuries, was taken to Harrison Hospital by an aid car.

The Seattle man was cited for inattentive driving.

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 13

8:16 p.m. A driver in a 1992 Peterbuilt truck was delivering dirt to a property near Miller and Lovgreen roads when the dump truck hit a power line 14 feet off the ground as the truck was dumping its load.

The driver, a 24-year-old Williston, North Dakota man, was trapped inside the truck after it snagged the power lines and the pole broke and the power lines fell onto the truck.

The driver stayed in the truck until a crew from Puget Sound Energy arrived and made sure it was safe for him to exit the vehicle.