Jacob Weigert
Justice for Jake.
That’s what friends and family of Jacob Weigert, a 23-year-old Everett man who died after a pedestrian/vehicle accident Wednesday in Coupeville, are asking the local community to help with.
Weigert was killed after being hit by a vehicle while attempting to cross Highway 20 on foot.
He had come from the Ryan’s House for Youth campus and was going to a bus stop which sits in front of the Island Transit complex.
It’s a fairly short, but often very dangerous trip, crossing a road where the speed limit is 50 MPH and drivers are often picking up speed as they leave Coupeville.
With many of the teens and young adults who are staying at Ryan’s House not having transportation of their own, and Whidbey’s bus system being fare-free, the stop in front of Island Transit is frequently used.
Weigert’s friends and family want Island County to consider placing a sidewalk or crosswalk in the area to make traversing Highway 20 safer and have launched a petition in support of such a move.
A Facebook account for “Justice for Jake” plans to hold a protest in front of the courthouse in Coupeville July 28 at 11 AM.
For more info or to sign the petition, pop over to:
https://www.change.org/p/sidewalk-crosswalk-for-ryan-s-house
There is also a GoFundMe set up to aid Jacob’s family:
https://www.gofundme.com/f/stacy-weigert-s-son-jacob?qid=d073d00b19a61d5b662004c635705bdb
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