Port Orchard man struck by car on Highway 305

Airlifted to Harborview Medical Center

SUQUAMISH — A pedestrian was struck by a car on Highway 305 across the street from Cedar Glen Mobile Home Park late Feb. 6 and was airlifted to Harborview Medical Center.

It’s the second time in three days that a pedestrian was struck by a car at night on 305 on the Suquamish reservation.

Washington State Patrol reported that Edward R. Paluck, 35, of Port Orchard was walking in the roadway at 11:38 p.m. He and a car driven by a Bremerton woman, in the southbound lane, “tried to avoid each other” but Paluck was struck by the car.

No charges are filed, state patrol reported.

A Kingston woman was struck by a car at 11:25 p.m. Feb. 3 while she walked across Highway 305 near the Agate Pass Bridge. The pedestrian failed “to yield to vehicle traffic,” state patrol reported. She was taken by ambulance to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, state patrol reported.

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