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Man Airlifted to Hospital after Being Hit by Car in Kent
19-Year-Old Kent Man Injured in Kent Pedestrian Accident at SE 272nd Street and 132nd Avenue SE
Man Airlifted to Hospital after Being Hit by Car in Kent
Kent, Washington: A man was airlifted to the hospital after a pedestrian accident that happened Monday morning near an intersection in Kent.
The Kent Police Department said the accident occurred around 7:12 a.m. on SE 272nd Street at 132nd Avenue SE.
According to police, a man was walking southbound across SE Kent-Kangley Road in a crosswalk but against a red light when he got hit by a car heading westbound.
Emergency personnel transported the pedestrian to Puget Sound Fire Station 75, from where he was airlifted to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle with a head injury.
The driver of the car, a 55-year-old woman from unincorporated Kent in King County, stopped and remained at the scene.