Shoreline man on mobility scooter struck and killed on NE 175th January 3, 2026
Wednesday, January 7, 2026
At about 7:00pm on Saturday January 3, 2026, KCSO deputies working in the City of Shoreline received 911 calls regarding a vehicle vs. pedestrian accident.
This occurred along eastbound NE 175th St near 11th Ave NE.
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| The collision occurred on NE 175th near 11th NE |
Deputies and Shoreline Fire Department personnel responded to the scene. They found that a man in his 70’s had been riding a mobility scooter on the roadway when he was struck by a vehicle.
Despite lifesaving efforts performed, he eventually died at the scene. The driver of the vehicle (a small sized SUV) remained on-scene and is cooperating with investigators.
The KCSO Major Accident Response and Reconstruction Unit (MARR Unit) was called out to take over the investigation per KCSO policy regarding serious injury and fatal vehicle accidents.
The King County Medical Examiner’s Office (KCMEO) also responded to the scene and has identified the pedestrian as 78 year old Michael James Berger of Shoreline. Cause of death was multiple blunt force injuries.
MARR Unit will attempt to identify the cause of the accident or sequence of events leading up to the crash. The case remains open and active under KCSO case #C26000238.
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3 comments:
How tragic. NE175th street gets heavy traffic going to and coming from the freeway, it's one of our major E-W arterials. It's sad that the infrastructure on the surrounding streets (few sidewalks, limited streetlights) is that poor, due to years of neglect and indifference on the part of the city council, that people need to ride a mobility scooter on a major arterial.
We can actually have it all. We can build quality sidewalks while we retain traffic capacity. Unfortunately, what's going to happen instead is that the present City Council and Mayor are almost certain to use this incident of a person riding a mobility scooter in traffic to punish the whole community with yet another road diet.
We must speak honestly. This accident was not the motorist's fault. Even with the road reconfigured for two lanes instead of four, the deceased would have suffered the same outcome.
Unfortunately I think this was the individual that would ride his scooter all over the road. Called 911 a month or two ago about him riding his scooter in the middle of 10th Ave NE and 175th. Don't think the police responded to the situation unfortunately.
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