Crime & Safety
Man Killed In Renton Motorcycle Crash Identified
The 64-year-old was hit early Saturday morning along Maple Valley Highway by a suspected DUI driver.
SEATTLE, WA — The 64-year-old motorcyclist who died in a possible DUI crash early Saturday in Renton has been identified as Richard Parish. He died of multiple blunt force injuries, and his death was ruled an accident, according to the King County Medical Examiner.
According to Renton police, Parish was hit by a driver near Classics Sports Bar, just east of I-405, around 12:15 a.m. The driver was arrested on a vehicular homicide charge. The 34-year-old suspect was still being held at the King County Jail as of Tuesday morning on $25,000 bail.
Parish was one of five motorcyclists killed in various traffic accidents over the weekend. Two motorcyclists died when they collided with each other on Saturday afternoon near the Hood Canal, and a fourth died in a collision in Tacoma on Saturday night, according to Washington State Patrol.
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