SEATTLE — Emily Robinson, a former Seattle resident and avid cyclist, is suing the city of Seattle and the Ballard Terminal Railroad Company, claiming negligence led to a bike crash that left her with lasting physical and emotional scars.
Robinson said the city was aware of the dangers posed by the railroad tracks under the Ballard Bridge, a spot known for bicycle crashes, yet failed to take adequate measures to protect cyclists.
It is a highly dangerous area, and there have been a lot of bike crashes since, and the city of Seattle is responsible for that,” Robinson said. “I had no idea that there was a history of bike crashes at that site. I was new to Seattle, and if I had known that, I would have never biked that way…