Man Who Died in Skateboarding Accident Was Artist and Bartender

Stevfin Caswell, a Capitol Hill bartender and artist, died last week at Harborview Medical Center of head trauma following a skateboarding accident in Shoreline, Thursday, Sept. 20.

Caswell, 29, was skateboarding eastbound down a hill on 157th St. at a high rate of speed and when he tried to stop at the stop sign at Wallingford Avenue N., according to a King County Major Accident Response and Reconstruction report.

He saw a truck coming northbound on Wallingford, according to the report, and jumped off the skateboard while trying to stop and fell hitting his head on the pavement.

The truck was traveling slowly, the report said, and did not appear to actually hit Caswell, according to the report, and the driver was not cited.

A memorial with flowers, cards and candles is situated at the intersection of Wallingford and 157th St.

Caswell bartended for two years at Osteria La Spiga on Capitol Hill. The restaurant was closed last Saturday for regular business to host an open benefit for his family and to give him a proper burial, the Capitol Hill blog reported.

The blog reported that Caswell was an artist who sold his paintings in several stores on Capitol Hill, a born skateboarder, who showed great compassion and sense of humor.