I was walking east on the public sidewalk at Meeker Street toward the Riverbend Golf Complex, carrying my 3½-pound dog when a golf ball hit her in the eye. It has caused serious damage to her eye, causing the eye to be removed and a loss of sight.
My sister was with me and yelled at the golfers, but they did not come. We rushed her to the vet, who hospitalized her for several days, and we have made several followup trips.
The incident was reported to the city of Kent. We filed a liability report with the city, advising the injury along with our vet bill and pictures, which in turn were forwarded to claims management. They have replied, advising they attempted to locate the golfer, but no one admitted it was their ball that hit my dog. They advised that the city of Kent is not responsible for the negligent acts of golfers and denied our claim.
There is no fence where we were walking and no warning signs to protect injuries from happening.
I believe someone should look into this safety issue for the public. We also want to make people aware of the danger to pedestrians walking on this public sidewalk to prevent this from happening to anyone else.
– Marion Reed
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