PORT HADLOCK— A 21-year-old Port Townsend man was listed in serious condition at Harborview Medical Center on Saturday after he was struck by two vehicles on state Highway 19 south of Port Hadlock on Friday night.
Steven A. Springgate was airlifted to the Seattle hospital after being struck by a 1987 Ford Crown Victoria driven by Natalia M. Collier, 29, of Chimacum and a 1995 Ford Contour driven by Jason L. McCloskey, 34, of Oak Harbor, according to the State Patrol.
Authorities said Springgate walked into the southbound lane of Highway 19, also known as Rhody Drive, at Milepost 10.8 near its intersection with Charles Street at 8:17 p.m.
The State Patrol said he was wearing dark clothes.
After being struck by the Crown Victoria, Springgate landed in a center turn lane, the State Patrol said.
Collier told investigators that Springgate was standing in the middle of the lane with his hands in his pockets before the impact.
“After [Collier] struck him, he flew into the windshield and over the top of the car, landing in the center turn lane of Rhody Drive,” East Jefferson Fire-Rescue spokesman Bill Beezley said in a news release.
Collier, who was not injured, immediately reported the collision at a nearby restaurant, Beezley said.
Two men eating at the restaurant followed Collier back to the scene and attempted to waive off oncoming traffic. They were also wearing dark clothes, Beezley said.
“According to one of the men, he was standing in the southbound lane attempting to wave an oncoming Ford sedan into the restaurant parking lot when the car instead veered the other way into the center lane of the road,” Beezley said.
The second vehicle “swerved into the center turn lane to avoid another pedestrian running into the lane of travel to help the injured pedestrian,” troopers said in the collision memo.
Beezley said the second car “ran over the victim and dragged him approximately 75 feet before his body came free, still in the center lane of Rhody drive.”
East Jefferson Fire-Rescue took Springgate to Jefferson County International Airport, where he was airlifted to Harborview with critical injuries, Beezley said.
The state Department of Transportation closed both directions of state Highway 19 at 8:36 p.m.
A detour was in place until Transportation reopened the roadway at 11:02 p.m.
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