Woman killed when car crashes through office wall
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RENTON, Wash. -- A woman was struck and killed on Wednesday by a car that crashed through the wall of the insurance office where she worked.
Kathy Dixon is a co-agent at the company and said she was in a back room when the car smashed into the building just before 11 a.m.
"I just heard a loud, horrendous crash," she said.
Dixon said the company's office manager was at a desk near the front window and was hit and pinned underneath the car.
"I called out her name and she didn't answer," Dixon said.
Renton Fire Department Captain Doug McDonald said firefighters had to knock out part of a brick wall and a window to get the woman out from under the car and rubble.
Medics performed CPR on 60-year-old Kaye Hall of Buckley, but she died at the scene.
The 80-year-old woman who was driving the car was not hurt.
Renton Police Commander Clark Wilcox said the woman was trying to turn south onto Logan Avenue from Airport Way and just continued turning sharply and crashed into the building.
He said the woman is upset, a little confused a not sure exactly what happened.
Investigators have cordoned off the scene at 45 Logan Avenue South while they collect evidence.
Kathy Dixon is a co-agent at the company and said she was in a back room when the car smashed into the building just before 11 a.m.
"I just heard a loud, horrendous crash," she said.
Dixon said the company's office manager was at a desk near the front window and was hit and pinned underneath the car.
"I called out her name and she didn't answer," Dixon said.
Renton Fire Department Captain Doug McDonald said firefighters had to knock out part of a brick wall and a window to get the woman out from under the car and rubble.
Medics performed CPR on 60-year-old Kaye Hall of Buckley, but she died at the scene.
The 80-year-old woman who was driving the car was not hurt.
Renton Police Commander Clark Wilcox said the woman was trying to turn south onto Logan Avenue from Airport Way and just continued turning sharply and crashed into the building.
He said the woman is upset, a little confused a not sure exactly what happened.
Investigators have cordoned off the scene at 45 Logan Avenue South while they collect evidence.
My mom is 79 and still driving, and doing a good job. Just to make sure she's safe, she is taking a driving class. That was HER idea. So being 80 isn't necessarily the point...I think though that at age 75 people should have to take a driving class or at least get tested every 2 or 3 years.
Past time to start making seniors take driving tests.
prayers to Kaye Hall's family.Â
80 is JUST too OLD to drive- they have a slower reaction time. This is an absolute FACT.
@LifeisGOOD007 Would you like to compare driving records and insurance rates?? I take that as somewhat of an insult, I am approaching that age, I'm still a careful driver. I will admit that I leave more room than I used to, but that is more from experience  than from reaction time. I will voluntarily stop driving when I see a decline in my ability to be safe for others on the highway. I hope you will do the same. I don't smoke, I don't do drugs, I don't drink and most of all I don't text and talk on a cell phone when driving. Lay off the old folks ok.
 @LifeisGOOD007 I have seen younger people with slow reaction times, so I don't believe that all 80 year olds should be put in one category...it goes by the person. I really hate to see you in a few years or now on the road..
 @LifeisGOOD007 no it isn't
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 @LifeisGOOD007 Reaction times slowing with age is a fact, but 80 being too old to drive is completely subjective. Reaction time also slows with lack of sleep, many medications, obesity, an excess of lactic acid, depression, illness, many diseases and disabilities, stress, distraction, grief, etc. It also just varies from person to person, and in each person it tends to vary throughout the day and throughout life. Fortunately we judge the ability to drive off of individual performance and not ageism.Â