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04/03/2008: "Man In Hospital, Dog Killed In Acident"

A car traveling at a high rate of speed south bound on Cattle Point Road from Friday Harbor drove off the road sometime around 10 p.m. on Wednesday night.

The car crossed the intersection of Cattle Point and Golf Course Road, and appears to have gone air born over the top of OPACO power transformers, and then crashed into a field, injuring the driver. While the driver was airlifted to Bellingham for medical treatment, a dog in the car was killed.

A neighbor said that he not only heard the crash, but felt the house shake as a result of the impact. He said it was so loud that he assumed it was not related to a possible car accident, but had no idea what it may have been.


Photo below shows where the car struck the edge of Golf Course Road after having left Cattle Point Road, traveled in the ditch, then crossed Golf Course and went air born over the transformers, crashing into the field beyond.



It is reported the driver will be tested for alcohol levels. A weapon was also removed from the vehicle.

For whatever reason, the owner of the property the car landed on has refused a towtruck to enter the property, or to allow the car to be removed from his property. No reason was given for this failure to allow removal.



(Some have asked why we originally ran the photo of the dead dog. We did consider not running it, but decided to let the community know what can happen when drivers operate cars in an unsafe manner, but the main reason was to send a message to the young people that there are consequences of their actions.

Hiding and protecting from the hard realities of such actions are not the answer, so we decided to be hard hitting and visual; in the same manner as showing what happens when people let their dogs run free to kill sheep; lambs and wildlife -which we have also shown in the past, and will again if more cases of this occur.

Before arriving on the scene we knew that a dog had been killed, but then when seen, we decided others need to know, really know, by seeing, and not just a "oh, and a dog was killed," kind of knowing. -Editor)