However, Francisco said he would have noticed someone collapsing down the street, leading him to believe that Cooper was lying there for at least a few minutes. Due to the slope of the Hill, Francisco said he couldn’t see Cooper’s face. “I just want to make sure that the bus driver knows they didn’t mow someone down crossing the street, they were lying there,” he said.įrancisco said he immediately ran over to the police station. Just then Francisco said the Metro bus drove past him and ran over Cooper without braking. Initially Francisco said he thought it was a pile of clothes, but as he got closer he could see a pair of legs. “I tried to see if they would flinch when the bus came, but they were motionless.”įrancisco said he first saw the body one block away. “I think that person may have already been dead,” he said. Toby Francisco, manager at Mode of Fitness, told CHS he was walking to work down Pine when he spotted Cooper. While police continue to investigate the cause of death, one witness tells CHS Cooper was already lying in the street before the bus collision occured. “It’s tragic … The family was pretty shaken up about it,” he said. Keane said Cooper’s family has arrived from Ireland to retrieve the man’s body. and the two had come to visit Seattle together. According to John Keane, the Honorary Consul of Ireland in Seattle, Cooper had a brother living in Vancouver, B.C. UPDATE: CHS has learned that Cooper was an Irish citizen visiting from his home in Dublin, Ireland. The man who was struck by a Metro bus Monday morning at 12th and Pine has been identified as Peter Cooper. SPD traffic collision investigators document the scene at 12th and Pine Monday morning
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